Following a devastating fire that killed 168 people in Tai Po, the Hong Kong government plans to include the spared Wang Fuk Court block in its resettlement efforts. This decision comes after three-quarters of the homeowners indicated a preference for selling their flats to the authorities.

Homeowners of the only block spared in the deadly Wang Fuk Court blaze in Tai Po will be included in the Hong Kong government’s resettlement plan after three-quarters indicated a preference to sell their flats to authorities, the South China Morning Post has learned. Wang Chi House, the only one of the estate’s eight blocks left unscathed by the November 26 fire that killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000, was originally excluded from the government’s long-term resettlement proposals...