
Chief Secretary Eric Chan to lead steering committee implementing over 100 safety recommendations
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An independent committee investigated a deadly fire in Tai Po, identifying systemic failures in government oversight and resident complaint handling.
No government department took effective ownership of fire safety risks ahead of the deadly Tai Po fire, leaving complaints made by residents to fall into a vacuum, an independent committee found, singling out four departments as partly responsible for the disaster.
At the release of the 1,154-page full report on Thursday, Chief Secretary for Administration Eric Chan Kwok-ki said he would lead a steering committee to review and implement the more than 100 recommendations of the independent committee.
The recommendations included the criminalisation of bid-rigging, strengthening the supervision of building repairs and maintenance works, and stepping up fire safety.
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Steering committee will review and implement 100+ recommendations.
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