TAI PO FIRE: CORRUPT PLAYERS EXPLOITED LOOPHOLES IN REGULATIONS, INQUIRY HEARS
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An administrative “honour system” that relied on Hong Kong’s private sector to regulate itself created oversight loopholes and left obvious fire hazards at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate unchecked before last year’s… In the final session of 30 days of public hearings, Victor Dawes SC said on Friday that the contractor and consultant behind the estate’s HK$336 million renovation project deserved the...
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- News - South China Morning Post: An administrative “honour system” that relied on Hong Kong’s private sector to regulate itself created oversight loopholes and left obvious fire hazards at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate unchecked before last year’s…
- News - South China Morning Post: In the final session of 30 days of public hearings, Victor Dawes SC said on Friday that the contractor and consultant behind the estate’s HK$336 million renovation project deserved the...
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on FIRE, CORRUPT, PLAYERS, EXPLOITED, LOOPHOLES.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 16:06 UK.
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