This new to me… sinking fund from UK and commonwealth and many other countries also got and even USA got HOA fee. Hk as former uk colony somehow skipped this??

+ Scaffolding net
+ Stack Styrofoam (flammable insulation) on the window
+ Smoking construction worker near all the flammable materials.
+ 2 Director & 1 Consultant arrested

HK property market is screwed up. It's not geared towards owners benefits. That is why their richest people all do property and property related biz. They get extremely rich because even the government put the biz people interest first. Why? HK tax is very low.Property related revenue are major source of income for the government. This is actually something from British days until today even after China takes over, the practice still remains

Death toll rises to 75

bamboo scaffolding is to be blamed and will be replaced by metal scaffolding soon.

cant be just a smoker , the building is occupied

alot of other causes the fire

no body, just assume missing.

Hong Kong police arrest construction firm bosses over fire; death toll hits 83 with 300 missing
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-ko...ree-2025-11-26/


This post has been edited by Phoenix_KL: Nov 28 2025, 01:36 AM

Live:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUe4jpaVGcI

Already 83 died..

Gosh the count increase so fast, are they those found trapped in the building as authority starts going in now?

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Nov 28 2025, 01:30 AM

More details...
The blaze broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a large housing complex in Hong Kong's Tai Po district, at 14:51 local time on Wednesday (06:51 GMT).

Wang Fuk Court consists of eight tower blocks, each 31 storeys high. Seven have been affected by the fire, Tai Po district councillor Mui Siu-fung told BBC Chinese. Built in 1983, the tower blocks were undergoing renovations when the fire broke out.

Tai Po is a residential district in the northern part of Hong Kong, near the city of Shenzhen on the Chinese mainland.

The complex provides 1,984 apartments for some 4,600 residents, according to a 2021 government census.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxe9r7wjgro.amp

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Under renovation since July 2024 and the buildings are wrapped with bamboo scaffoldings and green nettings, and thousands of residents still living there and moving in and out daily... windows fully blocked and enclosed by the nettings... still okay?

It's a fire trap and disaster awaiting anyone - any resident or outsider - to set it alight.

And it's not one building under renovation, but all 8 buildings under going renovation at one go.

When the final death toll is confirmed, everyone will look like fools.

Wonder how many from other blocks managed to escape when fire only just started.

No one could've predicted all 8 blocks to be engulfed in minutes....

Grenfell Tower vibes. Flammable cladding killing people with fire and fumes.

death toll will far exceed grenfell. buildings are taller and denser, and 7 buildings on fire vs one, and majority of residents are elderly...

national tragedy and mourning day

Hong Kong going to shit under CCP rule. Death toll could be in the hundreds.

This also salah CCP?

I doubt you would see them covering so many buildings in netting if HK is under British rule (and standards).

This one is typical China cincai standard, very dun care about safety or human life.

This post has been edited by Hobbez: Nov 28 2025, 06:38 AM

The Reno has been going on since 2024. Topkek on year no finish. Still want to scaffold all 8 units at once.

Maybe affected by China's cut cost culture.

Edit:
My mistake, the main con actually won the tender with one of the highest prices.

This post has been edited by river.sand: Nov 28 2025, 07:25 AM

Opening unit by unit, door by door like opening blind boxes..