The Labour Department had previously received complaints about the safety nets and followed up on them. Photo: Eugene Lee

    What are the right lessons from Hong Kong’s worst fire in 7 decades?

    As Hong Kong mourns the victims of the deadly Tai Po blaze and questions emerge on accountability, experts have called for much tighter supervision of building maintenance and fire safety by authorities to hold relevant parties responsible so that future tragedies can be averted. They gave this assessment as the government set up an interdepartmental…

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