{
  "id": 17073810,
  "title": "Tai Po fire risks went unchecked as ‘honour system’ exploited, report says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/tai-po-fire-risks-went-unchecked-as-honour-system-exploited-report-17073810",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T14:16:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372625/tai-po-fire-risks-went-unchecked-honour-system-exploited-report-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The lack of a sense of crisis and an overreliance on an “honour system” prevented the buildings, labour and fire safety authorities from acting on fire safety risks at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, a judge-led panel that investigated Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades has found. But among the four government bodies singled out in the independent committee’s final report on the fire, the Labour…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}