28 Nov 2025法庭線#7605
宏福苑五級火｜涉事承辦商是誰？ 「宏業」十被控違職安例、三宗涉棚架安全 曾遭屋宇署紀律處分
The No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po had caused 94 deaths by Friday morning (the 28th). Police arrested three senior executives of the engineering company responsible for the building’s maintenance on suspicion of manslaughter. Records show that Wang Yip Construction Engineering, the contractor involved, was established in 2004 and had been involved in multiple civil lawsuits concerning construction works, employment claims and personal injury. Since 2022, the company has been charged at least 10 times with violating occupational safety legislation, with three of the cases involving scaffold safety. About 10 years ago, the company also breached the Buildings Ordinance. In 2023, it was disciplined by the Buildings Department for “negligent misconduct” and barred from carrying out minor works for four months, as well as fined HK$50,000.
大埔宏福苑五級火，至周五（28日）早上造成 94 人死亡，警方以涉嫌誤殺，拘捕負責大廈維修的工程公司三名高層。翻查資料，涉事的宏業建築工程於 2004 年成立，曾捲入多宗涉及工程的民事訴訟、勞資索償，以至人身傷亡訴訟。由 2022 年至今， 該公司最少十度被控違反職業安全法例，其中三次控罪涉及棚架安全；另外，公司約十年前違《建築物條例》，在 2023 年因「疏忽不當」被屋宇署紀律處分，被禁進行小型工程四個月以及罰款五萬元。
28 Nov 2025集誌社#7606
宏福苑五級火｜一年內四宗棚架火 盤點香港火災事 多與竹棚和圍網被點燃有關
A painful lesson—one fire is one too many. Before the fatal No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, Hong Kong had already recorded at least four fires this year related to scaffolding and protective netting. After a No. 3 alarm fire involving bamboo scaffolding at Chinachem Tower in Central last month, the Buildings Department issued a notice reiterating that materials used with scaffolding must meet flame-retardancy requirements and reminding contractors to check whether protective nets used at construction sites complied with specifications. It said serious action would be taken against violations, but this did not prevent the fatal fire in Tai Po. Following the fire, organisations from various sectors initiated the formation of the “Wang Fuk Court Victims’ Rights Alliance” to help victims pursue claims and provide views on the government’s review.
血的教訓，一宗嫌多，早在大埔宏福苑發生奪命五級火之前，香港今年已最少發生四宗與棚架和圍網相關的火警，上月在中環華懋大廈發生的竹棚三級火之後，屋宇署曾發通告，重申涉及棚架使用的物料，必須能阻燃等要求，提醒承建商要檢查工地所採用的保護網是否符合規格，若發現有人違規，會嚴肅處理，但仍無法阻止大埔的奪命火災發生。今次火災後，多個不同界別的組織，發起組成「宏福苑受災者權益聯盟」，協助受災者追討之外，也希望就政府的檢討提供意見。
28 Nov 2025集誌社#7607
宏福苑五級火｜發泡膠板引火 住戶稱貼足逾年 工程師：目測屬普通發泡膠，有啲野唔慳得
In the No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the authorities said they believed the fire first broke out in the scaffolding netting on a lower floor of Wang Cheong House before spreading to polystyrene boards, causing the flames to spread rapidly to multiple floors, other blocks and indoor areas. A resident said the polystyrene boards had been installed in the flat for at least a year, obstructing the indoor view. A fire safety consultant explained that polystyrene has a low ignition point and, after melting when heated, can drip down like “tears”, accelerating the spread of fire. An engineer said polystyrene is commonly used as temporary protective material in construction projects, but if it is used for as long as a year, the risks should be considered and more fire-retardant polystyrene should be chosen—“some things can’t be skimped on.”
大埔宏福苑五級火，當局稱相信是宏昌閣低層的圍網先起火、其後燒至發泡膠板，令火勢迅速蔓延至多個樓層、其他樓宇及室內。有住戶表示單位至少一年前已經貼上發泡膠板，室內視野受阻。消防顧問解釋發泡膠燃點低，受熱溶解後會如「眼淚」下墜，加速火勢蔓延；有工程師指發泡膠在工程中是常用的臨時防護物料，但若使用時間長達一年，則應考慮風險，選擇較阻燃的發泡膠，「有啲野唔慳得」。
28 Nov 2025集誌社#7608
宏福苑五級火｜竹棚成代罪羊？ 資深師傅平反：竹棚工藝規格高，係藝術品
Following the Level Five fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the government has revived the proposal to replace bamboo scaffolding with metal scaffolding, while overseas media have focused on the risks of bamboo scaffolding. Ka Chun (SAB) Lee, a scaffolding master with more than 30 years in the trade, defended bamboo scaffolding, saying it originated in Guangdong and has a history of more than a century. He said bamboo contains moisture and has a certain degree of fire resistance, and ultimately believed the incident was related to negligence in project management.
Master Lee said scaffolding collapses had occurred repeatedly in recent years, and the government had proposed several times replacing bamboo scaffolding with metal scaffolding. He also said the mainland had in recent months begun preventing raw materials from being transported to Hong Kong: “Fir timber can no longer come to Hong Kong, forcing me recently to use steel tubes to make up for the shortfall when building opera stages, which has made the entire stage lose its authenticity; it seems that later even bamboo may not be allowed to be transported to Hong Kong. If that is true, there will not even be bamboo scaffolding.” He said about 70% of Hong Kong’s construction sites used bamboo scaffolding, so it would be difficult to switch entirely to metal scaffolding at once. Metal scaffolding required less craftsmanship but involved greater physical exertion, and he believed the industry’s thousands of bamboo-scaffolding workers would find it difficult to retrain, with some potentially being eliminated and facing unemployment. He stressed that Hong Kong had inherited bamboo-scaffolding craftsmanship with high standards, and that bamboo scaffolding was regarded as an art form and “worth continuing.”
大埔宏福苑發生五級火，政府重提以金屬棚架取代竹棚架，外媒則關注竹棚風險。入行超過 30 年的搭棚師傅李家俊為竹棚「平反」，指竹棚沿自廣東省，歷史過百年，竹材内含有水份，有一定礙燃性，歸根究柢，他認為是與工程管理疏忽有關。
李師傅指，近年屢有棚架倒塌意外，政府已多次提出以金屬架取代竹棚，又提到內地近月更開始不讓原材料運港：「杉木已不可以嚟香港，害我最近搭戲棚要用鋼通來補救不足，變成整個戲棚失咗真；好似遲啲連竹也不准運來香港，如果屬實，就連竹棚都無喇。」他提到，香港約七成地盤都用竹棚，要一時間全部轉用金屬棚架會較困難；而金屬棚手藝含量低、體力消耗大，相信業内數千名竹棚師傅轉型不易，最終或遭淘汰，面臨失業。他強調香港傳承了竹棚工藝，規格水平高，竹棚被視作藝術品、「係值得做落去」。
27 Nov 2025法庭線#7593
宏福苑五級火 勞工處：證書顯示棚網阻燃符標準 曾巡16次就高處工作提3檢控
A No. 5 alarm fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Wednesday (26th), leaving at least 65 people dead and making the cause of the disaster and government regulation a focus of attention. In a reply to The Witness, the Labour Department said it had conducted 16 inspections of works at the estate from July last year to date. It had inspected product quality certificates for the scaffolding netting, and the documents showed that its flame-retardant performance met the recognised standards set out in the Code of Practice for Bamboo Scaffolding.
The department also said the inspections had found unsafe work-at-height conditions, and that it had filed three prosecutions against the contractor. The Fire Services Department said that, as of 8 p.m. on Thursday, the incident had caused 65 deaths and injured 70 people. Firefighters rescued one person from Wang Tao House in the evening.
Editor's note: As announced by 3 p.m. on Friday (28th), the death toll had risen to at least 128.
大埔宏福苑周三（26 日）發生五級大火，造成至少 65 人死亡，災難肇因與政府監管成焦點。勞工處回覆《法庭線》指，去年 7 月至今對屋苑工程共巡查 16 次，曾經檢視棚網的產品質量證書，資料顯示其阻燃效能符合《竹棚守則》所載的認可標準。
處方另指，巡查亦曾發現有不安全高處工作情況，已向承建商作 3 宗檢控。消防處指，截至周四晚上 8 時，事故共造成 65 人死亡、70 人受傷，消防人員傍晚在宏道閣救出一人。
編按：截至周五（28 日）下午 3 時公布，死亡人數增至至少 128 人。
27 Nov 2025集誌社#7594
宏福苑五級火｜政府設 $3 億基金助災民 勞工勞本月曾巡查 是否涉人禍？ 特首：工作組都會全面跟進
The No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po had left 65 people dead and 77 injured by 8pm. Police arrested three senior construction-company executives on suspicion of manslaughter. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said the Government would inject $300 million to establish a Wang Fuk Court assistance fund in Tai Po to help residents, and would also accept public donations. A task force from the State Council Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office has arrived in Hong Kong to assist with disaster-relief work. Lee said a list of supplies had been drafted and that assistance from mainland authorities was being sought, including supplies such as drones for surveying. The Government will also promote a roadmap for replacing bamboo scaffolding with metal scaffolding.
大埔宏福苑五級火，至晚上八時，造成 65 人死亡、77 人受傷，警方以涉嫌誤殺，拘捕三名工程公眾高層。特首李家超表示，政府會注資三億元，成立大埔宏福苑援助基金，協助居民，也會接受公眾捐款。國務院港澳辦工作小組已赴港協助開展救災工作，李家超表示，已草擬物資支援清單希望內地單位提供協助，包括勘察的無人機等物資。政府又會推動金屬棚架取代竹棚架的跟線圖。
27 Nov 2025集誌社#7595
宏福苑五級火・尋人｜IT 人晚上趕製「宏福苑報平安」App 義助親友尋街坊
Many people remain missing after the fire at Wang Fuk Court, with their whereabouts and whether they are alive still unknown. A simple, easy-to-understand real-time information app for people out of contact and those seeking help appeared online last night (26th). It lists the status of different units on different floors across seven blocks: green indicates that people have “reported safe”, while red indicates that they are “seeking help”. Notes include the number of missing people and other information. It has so far recorded more than 170 million visits. Nathan, a 30-year-old computer programmer who developed the app as a volunteer, said he used AI together with his own skills to complete the initial version in just half an hour. Six or seven volunteers are now helping to manually update information on Telegram, and he hopes to consolidate the data to help fire victims seek assistance.
宏福苑大火尚有多人失蹤，生死未卜，網上昨晚（26日） 出現失聯和求助的即時資訊程式，簡單易明，羅列七座大廈不同層不同單位的狀態，綠色顯示已「報平安」，紅色顯示「求救」，備註有失蹤人數和資料，至今已有超過 1.7 億的流量。義務寫程式的 Nathan，是 30 歲的電腦程式設計師，他說 AI 加上本身技能，只花了半小時完成初版，現在 Telegram 有六七名義工幫手「人肉更新」，希望整合資料幫到災民求救。
27 Nov 2025Yahoo#7596
宏福苑五級火︱林超英指追究不應針對竹棚架 批評 2009 年「屋宇更新大行動」釀禍
A deadly fire broke out at the Wang Fuk Court estate in Tai Po on November 26. Lam Chiu-ying, former director of the Hong Kong Observatory, wrote on social media today (27th) that the “protective netting” used to protect scaffolding workers may instead have become a fatal culprit in the fire. He said that although the netting was originally intended to prevent objects or workers from falling from the scaffolding, the flammable materials helped the fire spread rapidly.
大埔屋邨宏福苑 11 月 26 日發生奪命火災，香港天文台前台長林超英今日（27 日）在社交平台發文，認為火災中保護棚架工人的「圍網」反而可能成為致命元兇，指出雖然「圍網」的原意是防止棚架上物件或工人跌下，但這些易燃物料在火災中卻助長火勢迅速蔓延。
林超英指出，棚架上跌下一個工人都已嫌多，但今次大埔火災已知最少造成 65 人死亡，情況令人深感痛心。他質疑，作為明顯物質禍首的易燃「圍網」和發泡膠，為何在追究責任時，重點卻落在不易燃的竹棚架上。
27 Nov 2025中聯辦#7597
中央港澳辦：堅決貫徹習近平總書記重要指示精神 全力支持香港特區政府應對處置火災事故
On the afternoon of 26 November, a fire broke out in several residential buildings at Wang Fuk Court, a public housing estate in Tai Po, the New Territories, Hong Kong, causing significant casualties.
After the fire broke out, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the People’s Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attached great importance to the incident and promptly learned about the firefighting and rescue efforts and the casualties. He instructed the head of the Central Government’s Office in HongHong Kong League XI Liaison Office to convey to Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu his condolences to those who died and the firefighters who died in the line of duty, as well as his sympathies to the families of those who died and the people affected by the disaster. He called on the Central Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office and the Central Government’s Office in HongHong Kong League XI Liaison Office to support the HKSAR Government in making every effort to extinguish the fire, conducting searches and rescues, treating the injured, and handling follow-up arrangements and providing comfort. Relevant departments and localities were asked to provide necessary assistance and make every effort to minimise casualties and losses caused by the fire.
The HKSAR Government and all sectors of society are making every effort to carry out firefighting and searches and rescues, treat the injured, and handle follow-up arrangements and provide comfort.
The Central Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office is resolutely implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions, closely following the rescue efforts related to the fire, maintaining close communication with the HKSAR Government, and coordinating relevant departments and localities to provide necessary assistance, in full support of the HKSAR Government’s response to and handling of the fire.
11月26日下午，香港新界大埔屋邨宏福苑多棟住宅樓發生火災，造成重大人員傷亡。
事故發生後，中共中央總書記、國家主席、中央軍委主席習近平高度重視，第一時間了解火災救援和人員傷亡等情況，指示中央政府駐香港聯絡辦負責人向香港特區行政長官李家超轉達他對遇難人員和殉職的消防員的哀悼、對遇難者家屬和受災人員的慰問，要求中央港澳辦、中央政府駐香港聯絡辦支持香港特區政府全力以赴撲滅火災，想方設法做好人員搜救、傷員救治、善後安撫等工作，有關部門和地方提供必要援助，努力把火災傷亡損失降到最低。
香港特區政府和社會各界正全力展開滅火和人員搜救、傷員救治、善後安撫等工作。
中央港澳辦堅決貫徹習近平總書記重要指示精神，密切跟進火災事故救援情況，與香港特區政府保持密切溝通，並協調有關部門和地方提供必要援助，全力支持香港特區政府應對處置火災事故。
27 Nov 2025法庭線#7598
兩男被指為「香港民主建國聯盟」成員、遭控串謀分裂國家 續還押明年1.22再訊
Three men alleged to be members of the Hong Kong Democratic Nation-Building Alliance and to have promoted Hong Kong independence were charged under the National Security Law with conspiracy to commit secession. One of them, who was 15 at the time of the alleged offences, was accused of promoting the “Nation-Building Alliance” and “Hong Kong Parliament election” on social media. He pleaded guilty earlier and remains remanded pending sentencing.
The other two men appeared at the District Court on Thursday (27th) for a further hearing. The defence applied to adjourn the case until 22 January 2026 to deal with documents and provide legal advice. No bail application was made, and the defendants remain remanded.
3 名男子被指是「香港民主建國聯盟」成員、推動「港獨」，被控《國安法》下「串謀分裂國家」罪。其中案發時 15 歲男生，被指在社交媒體宣傳「建國聯」、「香港議會選舉」，早前已認罪，還押候判。
另外兩男子周四（27 日）在區域法院再訊，辯方申請把案件押後至 2026 年 1 月 22 日再訊，以處理文件及提供法律意見。辯方沒有保釋申請，被告繼續還押。
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