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‘No going back’: Survivors of deadly Hong Kong fire in limbo
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Hong Kong is a city plagued with some of the highest inequality in the world, and available space is limited.
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Alexandra Stevenson, Theodora Yu and Joy Dong
HONG KONG – More than a week after a fire tore through a Hong Kong housing complex, killing at least 159 people, the city is confronting its biggest challenge yet. It must find homes for the thousands of residents who survived with little more than the clothes on their backs.
The government is already facing questions over its role in the worst disaster to befall the city in seven decades.
