Tai Po fire: Hong Kong gov’t to set up company to assist owners with building renovations, criminalise bid-rigging
An independent Hong Kong committee blamed a renovation contractor and consultant as well as four government departments for a deadly blaze that killed 168 people in the city last November.
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Tai Po fire: Hong Kong gov’t to set up company to assist owners with building renovations, criminalise bid-rigging
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (HK): The Hong Kong government will set up a company to provide property owners with building renovations support, authorities have said, as part
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Toronto Sun (CA): The November 26 fire at Wang Fuk Court was the world's deadliest residential building blaze since 1980.
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South China Morning Post: Hong Kong leader apologises for fire that killed 168 people
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GMA News Online / News (PH): An independent Hong Kong committee blamed a renovation contractor and consultant as well as four government departments for a deadly blaze t
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