{
  "id": 17910450,
  "title": "Beijing removes Hong Kong housing chief Winnie Ho after Tai Po fire resignation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/beijing-removes-hong-kong-housing-chief-winnie-ho-after-tai-po-fire-17910450",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T04:19:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3373076/beijing-removes-hong-kong-housing-chief-winnie-ho-after-tai-po-fire-resignation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beijing has formally removed Hong Kong’s housing chief, Winnie Ho Wing-yin, from her post, after she resigned last week to take political responsibility for the deadly Tai Po fire. According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, the State Council removed Ho from office on Tuesday on the recommendation of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu. The announcement gave no reason for the decision and did not…",
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