Fire services to be ‘gatekeepers’ for safety, Hong Kong security chief vows

Hong Kong’s security chief has reaffirmed that fire services will act as the gatekeeper for safety after a legal vacuum was exposed during an inquiry into the city’s deadliest fire in decades, stressing the department’s existing manpower could cope with expanded oversight duties. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Tuesday reiterated the pledge earlier made by Fire Services Department director Andy Yeung Yan-kin during the hearings into the inferno at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The...

By Jess Ma