Claims gov’t ‘tipped off’ consultant over safety checks ‘groundless,’ lawyer tells Tai Po fire inquiry

Accusations that a Housing Bureau inspection unit “tipped off” a renovation consultant at the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court about safety checks were “groundless” and amounted to “prejudgment,” a lawyer for the government has told a public inquiry. The public inquiry into the massive fire that killed 168 people at the Tai Po housing complex in […]

By Hans Tse