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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.
ST PHOTO: MAGDALENE FUNG
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 in Tai Po’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate.
