Hong Kong authorities are proposing amendments to the Fire Services Ordinance, introducing tougher penalties and new requirements. These planned changes, which include mandatory fire alarm checks every six months, follow a recent major fire in the city.

Hong Kong authorities are planning to launch a public consultation over a raft of new fire safety-related requirements and offences with tough penalties following the city’s deadliest blaze in decades. Confirming an earlier report by the South China Morning Post, the Security Bureau on Friday laid out its planned amendments to the Fire Services Ordinance, including a requirement that fire alarms be checked every six months. The bureau said its public consultation would follow its meeting with...