Members of 13 households at the Hong Kong estate destroyed in an inferno remain uncontactable more than 10 days after the blaze, with the city’s labour and welfare chief not ruling out that all may have died.
Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said the blaze at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po had prompted the government to consider expediting legal amendments to ban smoking at construction sites within about two months and to introduce a fixed penalty ticket system for the offence,…