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Committee probing Tai Po fire delays submission of report till end of October
South China Morning Post
The independent committee investigating the causes of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will postpone submitting its report by a month to the end of October, attributing the delay to the complexity of issues and the large volume of documents it must review. The committee announced on Tuesday that it had sought approval from Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu to extend the deadline for submitting the report. The judge-led panel was originally tasked to conclude its work over nine months and...
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