Wang Fuk Court residents make long climb to retrieve family treasures, bid farewell
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Wang Fuk Court residents make long climb to retrieve family treasures, bid farewell

April 25, 2026
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Hon Wing, 77, and his family climbed 19 floors to their fire-ravaged flat in Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court housing estate on Tuesday but left almost empty-handed after a two-hour search for valuables. Hon, a retired part-time taxi driver, had hoped to find a bag of change he kept during his work shifts, but “nothing much was there” in his charred flat in Wang Sun House.

Wang Fuk Court residents make long climb to retrieve family treasures, bid farewell

His daughter Ice Hon wanted to retrieve items passed down from her late mother. “Dust and ruins are everywhere. It feels like the...

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