Tai Po fire hearing: contractor asked to reactivate safety system 5 days before blaze

This story has been made freely available as a public service to our readers. Please consider supporting SCMP’s journalism by subscribing. Public hearings by a judge-led independent committee investigating Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades have entered their sixth day and will continue to focus on the deactivation of the fire alarm system and its impact on the ravaged Wang Fuk Court housing estate.