Tai Po fire: Gov’t has ‘unshirkable responsibility’ over fatal blaze, lawyer says as probe concludes

A public inquiry committee’s lawyer has said that the government had an “unshirkable responsibility” over last year’s deadly Tai Po fire as he delivered closing statements at an investigation into the blaze and its rapid spread.

Senior counsel Victor Dawes, representing the independent committee, delivered his closing remarks at the City Gallery on Friday.

His […] ...