More than 1,700 households affected by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have received an emergency cash handout of HK$10,000 (US$1,284), an official has confirmed, as the city works to ease mortgage burdens on impacted homeowners.
Authorities earlier announced a series of relief funds for residents affected by last Wednesday’s massive Wang Fuk Court inferno, which has so far claimed 146 lives. The measures include the HK$10,000 one-off emergency payment for each victim and a living…