Grieving families of domestic helpers killed in the Tai Po fire struggled to break the news to the victims’ children while fending off scammers targeting their compensation from Hong Kong authorities, according to a workers’ rights NGO, after it made a trip to Indonesia. Esther Tse Yan-yin, an organiser from the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims, travelled to Indonesia in January to visit the immediate relatives of eight helpers who died in the inferno at Wang Fuk Court...
The blaze apparently originated near an ATM facility inside the private bank branch on the ground floor and quickly intensified, spreading to the parking area and higher levels, according to officials
Safe alternatives to conventional pyrotechnics are essential