Hong Kong fire-displaced residents told to leave youth hostels by end of January

Residents left homeless by Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades have been told to vacate their emergency accommodation at youth hostels by the end of this month so the facilities can resume their normal operations. The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau on Sunday said affected residents could move to transitional housing, while property owners could use the government’s HK$150,000 (US$19,249) annual subsidy to rent flats elsewhere. It added that discretion could be exercised in cases where they were...