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Smoke was in the air at Tamar, where the Hong Kong government headquarters are located, as the legal team of a government-appointed committee investigating the Tai Po deadly blaze gave a damning report that sums up a list of government regulatory deficiencies, if not failures, among others. The 627-

One day after a government-appointed review committee investigating the Tai Po deadly fire began its public hearing, chairman Mr Justice David Lok was quick to call on people not to draw conclusions before they wrapped up their probe. He said at the opening of the second-day hearing on last Friday （

More than one month after the horrific fire in Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court rocked and shocked the city and the world, how it started remains a question yet to be answered. This is despite the swift arrest of dozens of people involved with the renovation project of the residential towers. What is certain

The people have spoken up. This is a statement of fact often uttered by the winners and losers in elections after votes were counted. The just-ended Legislative Council election in Hong Kong on Sunday is an exception. That line went missing in post-election speeches by the candidates and government

(This article was first published on Monday and had been updated with the Hong Kong government announcement of the establishment of an independent committee and a rewrite of the last few paragraphs.) Flashed back to 20 November 1996, a blaze broke out at the then Garley Building in Yaumatei in Hong