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Tai Po fire: corrupt players exploited loopholes in regulations, inquiry hears

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Tai Po fire: corrupt players exploited loopholes in regulations, inquiry hears
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An administrative “honour system” that relied on Hong Kong’s private sector to regulate itself created oversight loopholes and left obvious fire hazards at the Wang Fuk Court housing estate unchecked before last year’s inferno, legal counsel for an independent committee investigating the disaster has said.
In the final session of 30 days of public hearings, Victor Dawes SC said on Friday that the contractor and consultant behind the estate’s HK$336 million renovation project deserved the...

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