Hongkongers can observe first open meeting of committee probing Tai Po fire

Hongkongers can observe the first open meeting of an independent committee set up to investigate the cause of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, which will set the framework for subsequent hearings. The independent committee, which was set up in the aftermath of the fire at Wang Fuk Court, announced on Tuesday that it would hold a “direction conference” on February 5. During the conference, committee chairman Justice David Lok Kai-hong would provide instructions on the arrangements for the...