Daily News 2025-11-28

27th November 2025 – (Hong Kong) The five-alarm inferno at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has claimed numerous lives, with families still desperately searching for missing loved ones. Among them are the brother and boyfriend of 16-year-old student Lai Hoi-ki, who, along with her grandmother and uncle in their seventies, has been uncontactable since […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 15:36 UTC

Russia warns of tough response to Japan’s planned missile deployment near Taiwan

27th November 2025 – (Moscow) Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday, 17th November, cautioned that it reserves the right to take a tough response to Japan’s plan to deploy missiles on Yonaguni Island, just 111 kilometres from Taiwan. Japan’s defence minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, told reporters after a cabinet meeting that the proposed medium‑range surface‑to‑air systems are […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 16:02 UTC

MAMA Awards to proceed with moment of silence and donations after Tai Po blaze

28th November 2025 – (Hong Kong) A No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Cheong House in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po yesterday left at least 55 people dead and 72 injured as of 5pm on Thursday, prompting widespread public concern and the postponement or cancellation of multiple entertainment events across the city. Amid speculation over […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 16:08 UTC

Pope sends condolences as Hong Kong fire toll hits 75 with hundreds missing

28th November 2025 – (Rome) The Vatican has conveyed Pope Leo’s condolences to Hong Kong following the catastrophic blaze that swept through a high-rise public housing complex in Tai Po, leaving at least 75 dead, 76 injured and nearly 300 people unaccounted for. In a telegram to the Bishop of Hong Kong, signed by Cardinal […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 16:16 UTC

Actor Gabriel Harrison’s wife Effie Mok dies after acute liver failure diagnosis

28th November 2025 – (Hong Kong) Gabriel Harrison has announced the death of his wife, Effie Mok, who had been urgently admitted to the hospital earlier after being diagnosed with acute liver failure. The actor had launched an emergency online appeal to raise funds for her treatment and, with the help of friends and supporters, […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 16:40 UTC

Death toll increases to 83 in Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades

28th November 2025 – (Hong Kong) Hong Kong has launched a sweeping criminal and corruption investigation after the city’s worst fire in decades claimed 83 lives at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. The dead include a firefighter. A further 76 people were injured, among them 11 firefighters, while about 56 remain in hospital. Fire […]
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Published on: 2025-11-27 23:51 UTC

Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 94 as rescue work continues into day 3

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What we know so far:

94 people, including a firefighter, have died

76 injured including 11 firefighters

25 calls for help remain unresolved

Full-scale rescue work is ongoing, with a woman, an elderly man and pets evacuated

The eight residential blocks in the estate had been…

Source: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

Published on: 2025-11-28 00:00 UTC

Regal Hotels to offer 160 free rooms for 2 weeks to help Tai Po victims

Regal Hotels International will offer free lodging at a dozen of its hotels across Hong Kong to the victims of Wednesday’s Tai Po fire, as it joins other hoteliers and corporate donors in rushing to the aid of the city’s worst blaze in seven decades.
The hotel will make 160 rooms freely available to those affected by the Tai Po fire for two weeks, a spokeswoman said, citing instructions from the hotel’s chairwoman Poman Lo. The rooms will be sourced from Regal’s 12 properties across the city,…

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Published on: 2025-11-28 00:00 UTC

Hong Kong blaze’s ‘heat, flames main challenges for rescuers, not ladder limits’

Excessive heat and raging flames that engulfed a Tai Po estate in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires posed the biggest challenges for firefighters, experts have said, as they dismissed suggestions that height limitations of aerial ladders added to the blaze’s severity.
They were responding to widespread online speculation that the severity of the highest No 5 fire alarm blaze stemmed from limitations in the Fire Services Department’s ladder apparatus and a refusal to ask for help from mainland…

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