An investigation into a deadly fire in Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court suggests the Urban Renewal Authority's (URA) absence of price checks may have enabled 'unscrupulous consultants.' URA officials are giving evidence in ongoing hearings regarding the blaze.

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. An independent committee investigating the deadly blaze at Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court residential estate is holding its 21st day of evidential hearings on Thursday, with three witnesses from the Urban Renewal Authority set to give evidence. The first witness, URA case manager Matthew Chan Yat-ho, has said the authority was aware of the practice of bid-rigging...