Thirteen households from the Hong Kong estate devastated by the inferno in Tai Po remain uncontactable more than 10 days on from the blaze, with the city’s labour and welfare chief not ruling out that all may have died in the fire.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said the Wang Fuk Court blaze had prompted the government to consider expediting legal amendments to ban smoking at construction sites within around two months and to introduce a fixed penalty ticket system for the…