Hong Kong minister urges landlords to avoid cashing in on Tai Po fire rent aid

Hong Kong’s home affairs minister has urged landlords against “fishing in troubled waters” by raising rents to pocket government subsidies meant to help displaced residents of the Tai Po fire. The appeal came days after the government announced it would provide affected homeowners of the Wang Fuk Court fire with an annual rental subsidy of HK$150,000 (US$19,280) for the next two years. “I hate to use the term, but it seems there are some landlords in the district who, as some people also say,...