Hong Kong authorities start 2-month inspection operation on building fire safety

Hong Kong authorities have launched a two-month operation to inspect fire safety equipment in residential and mixed-use buildings that are aged 39 years or older, in a continuing effort to strengthen oversight in the aftermath of the deadly Tai Po blaze. Law Kin-san, divisional officer for policy at the Fire Services Department, said on Monday that the department had started a two-month operation involving ad hoc checks on the inspection record and condition of fire safety equipment in those...