Hong Kong’s newly elected lawmakers will discuss a government motion to strengthen support for Wang Fuk Court fire victims at their first chamber meeting next Wednesday, but will skip a regular question session for officials.
The Legislative Council chamber meeting for legislators, who assumed their posts on January 1, will also debate a lawmaker’s motion that calls for a review of the city’s building maintenance system and a crackdown on bid rigging in renovation projects.
Legco announced the agenda in the late hours of Friday, saying the first chamber would hear the government motion titled “support and rebuilding work after the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po” by Chief Secretary Eric Chan Kwok-ki.
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will also give an opening speech at the chamber meeting.
The catastrophic 43-hour blaze at the residential complex in Tai Po, which started on November 26, claimed at least 160 lives and displaced nearly 5,000 residents.
The estate, which had been undergoing renovations since July last year, was covered in scaffolding and mesh. Some scaffold net samples collected after the fire failed fire-retardant tests.
