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Tai Po fire: estate manager deemed ‘pitiful’, but denies acting as consultant

Tai Po fire: estate manager deemed ‘pitiful’, but denies acting as consultant
South China Morning Post Wednesday 15 July 2026, 02:38 UTC By Brian Wong,Leopold Chen 1 min read
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An independent, judge-led committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will hear closing submissions from legal representatives, following 27 sessions of evidential hearings. Counsel representing the committee, the government and other parties are expected to deliver their final submissions before the panel from Wednesday to Friday, after which it will proceed to finalise a report due in about a month. A deadly blaze broke out at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai...

An independent, judge-led committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will hear closing submissions from legal representatives, following 27 sessions of evidential hearings. Counsel representing the committee, the government and other parties are expected to deliver their final submissions before the panel from Wednesday to Friday, after which it will proceed to finalise a report due in about a month. A deadly blaze broke out at the Wang Fuk Court residential complex in Tai Po...
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