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How a 1920s fable can help us understand what went wrong in the Tai Po fire
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As the sun sets and the lights come on, the dark outlines of the charred towers of Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court against the Tai Po skyline are a stark reminder of the city’s sorrow.
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HONG KONG – Dear reader, by the time you read this, it would be almost a month since calamity befell Hong Kong.
The international news cycle has moved on from the deadly blaze that started that dry windy afternoon on Nov 26
