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Wang Fuk Court residents make long climb to retrieve family treasures, bid farewell

Hon Wing, 77, and his family climbed 19 floors to their fire-ravaged flat in Hong Kongโ€™s Wang Fuk Court housing estate on Tuesday but left almost empty-handed after a two-hour search for valuables. Hon, a retired part-time taxi driver, had hoped to find a bag of change he kept during his work shifts, but โ€œnothing much was thereโ€ in his charred flat in Wang Sun House. His daughter Ice Hon wanted to retrieve items passed down from her late mother. โ€œDust and ruins are everywhere. It feels like the...