Hong Kong  - Two bell captains and three other staff from a luxury Hong Kong hotel were Thursday jailed for taking bribes from a well-known tailor for referring wealthy guests to his shop.

Wong Hing-cheung, 60, Yeung Wing-wai, 32, both former guest relations agents of The Marco Polo Gateway Hotel, and former bell captains Cheng Chi-chiu, 59, and Leung Siu-ho, 45, all admitted accepting bribes.

They were jailed for two months each at the hearing in Hong Kong's Kowloon City Court and ordered to pay compensation of 1,000 Hong Kong dollars each (128 US dollars) to the hotel.

Former guest relations supervisor Pan Wai-man, 43, was also jailed for three months at Thursday's hearing after having been found guilty of the same offence at an earlier hearing.

The court heard that between 2005 and 2007, the four defendants at the instigation of their supervisor referred guests to Baron Kay's Tailor.

In return, the tailor shop gave illegal commissions to the supervisor who shared the payments out with the four other defendants, the court was told.

In a case to be heard separately, George Kay Wai-ming, 48, owner of Baron Kay's Tailor in the city's Tsim Sha Tsui tourist district, and three of his employees have been charged with bribery.

Kay and his employees are charged with giving out bribes to staff at the Marco Polo as well as other top hotels including the Peninsula and the Marriott to refer guests to the shop.

Having tailor-made suits and shirts made in Hong Kong is a hugely competitive business with a number of well-known tailors fighting it out for the custom of wealthy overseas visitors. (dpa)