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Wang Fuk Court survivors hit out at ‘bureaucratic’ process for URA subsidies

5 months ago02 mins

Survivors of Hong Kong’s deadly Tai Po blaze have condemned what they called “insensitive and bureaucratic” arrangements for a government subsidy, with some saying they were blindsided by demands to provide proof of legal heirship in the wake of the blaze that tore through the estate and killed 168 people last year. The outcry over…

Hong Kong bid-rigging bigwigs paid kickbacks in Shenzhen saunas: construction veteran

7 months ago02 mins

Raphael Chan* entered Hong Kong’s construction sector in the mid-1990s convinced that quality building works could improve people’s lives. But he quit more than two decades later, disillusioned by what he called rampant corruption in the industry. The former senior project manager of a consultancy company said he had witnessed how syndicates, often led by…