11 Dec 2025集誌社#7674
宏福苑五級火｜走火梯「開窿木窗」 曾否巡查收投訴？追問十日始回覆 房屋署：不宜透露詳情
The fire at Wang Fuk Court left 160 people dead. The Collective earlier reported on deficiencies in the escape stairways, revealing that during major renovation works, windows in the escape staircases had been replaced with wooden-board windows with “holes and gaps” to facilitate workers’ access. Residents questioned whether the arrangement meant the stairways could not prevent fire and smoke during the blaze, resulting in dense smoke that obstructed escape, and criticised the alleged monitoring system as having completely collapsed. At the end of November, reporters asked several relevant departments whether they knew about the “wooden windows” or had received complaints. Ten days later, the Housing Department replied today (11th) that, as the Housing Bureau was conducting an investigation jointly with law-enforcement departments, “it is currently not appropriate to disclose details related to the incident.”
宏福苑大火造成 160 人死亡。《集誌社》早前報道走火樓梯漏洞，揭發逃生梯窗口在大維修期間，被改成「開窿、漏罅」木板窗，方便工人出入。居民質疑做法導致大火時未能防火防煙、樓梯濃煙密佈，窒礙逃生，批評所謂監管制度完全崩潰。記者 11 月底向多個相關部門查詢，是否知悉「木窗」情況或曾否收投訴？事隔 10 日，房屋署今（11日）回覆指由於房屋局正聯同執法部門進行調查，「現時不宜透露與事故有關的詳情」。
6 Dec 2025集誌社#7650
國安公署約談｜「依法約談」部分在港外國新聞機構負責人及記者 公署：好自為之
The Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said today (the 6th) that, under the Hong Kong National Security Law, it had questioned the heads and reporters of some foreign news organisations in Hong Kong over “false information” and “hype and smearing” concerning the Wang Fuk Court fire and the Legislative Council election. This was the office’s second questioning operation.
駐港國安公署今日（6 日）表示，依據《香港國安法》規定，針對宏福苑火災及立法會選舉的「虛假訊息」和「炒作抹黑」，對一些在港外國新聞機構負責人及記者，進行了約談。這是駐港國安公署第二次約談行動。
5 Dec 2025集誌社#7649
棚網下架｜「拆」唔掂？ 穗禾苑棚網仍在 房屋局：預計 12 月 7 日完成拆除
The No. 5 alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has left residents of estates undergoing major maintenance and enclosed by scaffold netting anxious. Development Secretary Ning Hon-ho announced on Wednesday (the 3rd) that more than 200 estates across Hong Kong undergoing major maintenance must take down their scaffold netting within three days, and may only put it back up after it passes on-site inspection. The deadline for removing the netting expires tomorrow (the 6th), but most of the netting at Sha Tin’s Siu Wo Court, which has recently been embroiled in a maintenance dispute, was still in place today. It is understood that the contractor had applied to the Buildings Department to defer the removal date to next Thursday. The Housing Bureau said in response to an inquiry this evening that the contractor at Siu Wo Court is expected to complete the removal of all scaffold netting on Dec 7.
大埔宏福苑五級火，令有棚網圍封的大維修屋苑住戶人心惶惶，發展局長甯漢豪周三（3日） 宣布，全港逾 200 個大維修屋苑，要在三日內將棚網下架，就地檢測合格後才能重新上架。拆網大限明天（6日）屆滿，不過，近日捲入維修爭議的沙田穗禾苑，至今日大部分棚網仍未拆下。據了解，承建商已向屋宇署申請，將棚網下架日期延期至下周四。房屋局晚上回覆查詢表示，穗禾苑承建商預計於 12 月 7 日完成拆除所有棚網。
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7632
宏福苑五級火｜廣福公園悼念入口處 貼新票站安排
The government earlier announced that the election would proceed as scheduled. This afternoon, a government election banner was displayed at the memorial entrance at a rest area in Kwong Fuk Park, providing voting information to passers-by. The banner stated that Wang Fuk Court residents could vote at the Hong Kong Teachers' Association Lee Hing Kwai School on election day.
政府早前公布選舉如期進行，今午在廣福公園休憩處的悼念入口處，已有政府的選舉直幡，內裡提供新的投舉票站，向經過市民提供投票資訊。直幡列出宏福苑居民，可在選舉當日，到香港教師會李興貴中學投票。
4 Dec 2025集誌社#7642
宏福苑五級火｜內地檢測中心發聲明指四年前已改名 21 年 8.30 後仍用舊名報告均虛假
The deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po has raised concerns over the safety of scaffolding nets. Several housing estates have been found to have allegedly forged testing reports, and police are investigating two cases to determine whether they involve false documents. A Beijing testing centre whose name appeared on the reports issued a statement yesterday (3rd), saying it changed its name in August 2021. It said all reports using its former name after that date were fake, and strongly condemned the forging of testing reports in its name, saying such acts posed a potential threat to public safety.
大埔宏福苑奪命火災引發對棚網安全的關注，多個屋苑被揭懷疑偽造檢測報告，警方正調查兩宗個案，是否涉及虛假文書。其名稱出現在檢測報告上的一間北京檢驗中心昨日（3日） 發聲明指，中心已於 2021 年 8 月改名，在此日期後使用舊名的報告都是造假，指冒用其名義偽造檢測報告的行為，對公共安全構成潛在威脅，表示強烈譴責。
3 Dec 2025集誌社#7626
宏福苑五級火｜年檢揭有消防裝置「輕微損壞」 火警前一周 消防曾要求跟進
The five-alarm fire at Wang Fuk Court caused multiple casualties, and several residents said the fire alarms did not sound when the fire broke out. Police today announced the arrest of six more fire service contractors over alleged false representations concerning fire service systems, fire hydrants and other matters. They allegedly told the Fire Services Department that the fire alarm bells would not be switched off during repairs. In response to enquiries, the department said it had not received any notification in the past year that the fire alarm systems in the estate’s eight blocks had been shut down. Tests after the fire showed that the systems were not in effective operation. However, based on information from frontline rescuers and gathered at the scene, the alarm in Wang Sun House did sound during the fire. The department said it would continue investigating the condition of the alarm systems in the other seven blocks during the fire.
Public attention has focused on the condition of Wang Fuk Court’s fire service installations and equipment during the fire, as well as the Fire Services Department’s inspections and enforcement in the past. The department said the estate commissioned a registered fire service installation contractor to complete an annual inspection in March 2025. The inspection showed that fire service installations and equipment on individual floors had “minor damage”, but complied with the department’s requirements. The department nevertheless requested that the estate follow up on repairs at the end of October and again one week before the fire.
宏福苑五級火造成多人傷亡，多名居民指火警發生時警鐘沒響。警方今宣布再拘捕六名消防承辦商，涉就消防系統、消防栓等作虛假陳述，向消防部門訛稱維修期間消防火警鐘不會熄滅。消防處回覆查詢指過去一年，沒接獲關閉屋苑八幢大廈關閉火警警報系統通知，而大火後測試顯示系統未處於有效運作，但據前線救援和現場所得資料，宏新閣警鐘在火警期間曾鳴響，指會繼續調查其餘七幢大廈警報系統於火警時狀況。
外界關注火警期間宏福苑的消防裝置及設備狀態，以及消防處過去巡查和執法情況。處方回覆指屋苑於 2025 年 3 月委託註冊消防承辦商完成年檢，顯示個別樓層的消防裝置及設備有「輕微損壞」、但符合處方規定，處方於 10 月底和火警前一周，仍要求屋苑跟進修復。
3 Dec 2025法庭線#7630
宏福苑五級火 特首成立獨立委員會 梁定邦：證人可保持沉默或難以問責
Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced on Tuesday (2nd) that an independent commission chaired by a judge would be established to examine the cause of the fire at Wang Fuk Court and why it spread rapidly. The Chief Executive’s Office later added that the commission’s operation would be similar to the inquiries into the 2003 Tuen Mun Highway and 2018 Tai Po Road traffic accidents (see separate report). Records show that the commissions established for the two accidents did not have statutory powers such as the power to summon witnesses.
Senior Counsel Ronald Ding Bong Leung, a former chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council and the Securities and Futures Commission, told The Witness that if the commission’s purpose was to examine the system, “a commission without powers is OK”; but if its purpose also included accountability, it could encounter difficulties. He explained that an independent commission without statutory powers could not guarantee that witnesses would not incur legal liability as a result of giving evidence. Consequently, even if a witness was willing to testify, they might not be willing to give a truthful account: “I don’t want to speak. I want to remain silent. Under common law, I can remain silent.”
行政長官李家超周二（2 日）宣布將成立由法官主持的獨立委員會，審視宏福苑起火及迅速蔓延原因。特首辦其後補充指，委員會運作類似 2003 年屯門公路、2018 年大埔公路車禍的調查（見另稿）。翻查資料，就兩宗事故所成立的委員會，均沒傳召等法定權力。
曾任監警會、證監會主席的資深大律師梁定邦接受《法庭線》訪問指，若委員會的目的是審視制度，「冇權力嘅委員會係 OK 㗎」；但若目的包括問責，則可能遇上困難。他解釋，獨立委員會沒法定權力，無法保障證人不會因作供而須承擔法律責任，變相即使他肯作證，亦未必願意如實交代，「我唔想講，我想保持沉默，咁普通法係可以保持沉默」。
2 Dec 2025法庭線#7623
宏福苑五級火｜外界關注獨立委員會有否傳召權 特首辦：運作類似2018大埔車禍
Chief Executive John Lee met the press before Tuesday’s (2nd) Executive Council meeting and announced that an “independent committee”, chaired by a judge, would be established to “review” the Tai Po Wang Fuk Court fire and the reasons for its rapid spread. He said the investigation report would be made fully public. (See separate report.)
The Witness asked the Chief Executive’s Office about the statutory powers of the “independent committee”. In a reply that evening, the office did not directly address whether the committee would have the power to summon witnesses. It said the committee’s operation would be similar to investigations into major accidents in the past, including the 2003 Tuen Mun Road crash and the 2018 Tai Po Road bus crash. It also stressed that one of the purposes of establishing the “independent committee” was to “continue to make every effort to accelerate and enhance the investigation work, including the criminal investigation”.
According to archival information, following the 2003 Tuen Mun Road crash, then Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa appointed an “Independent Expert Group” to review road safety measures. Following the 2018 Tai Po KMB bus crash, then Chief Executive Carrie Lam established a “Review Committee” to examine the regulation and monitoring systems for franchised buses. Neither had statutory power to summon witnesses.
行政長官李家超周二（2 日）出席行政會議前見記者，宣布將成立由一名法官主持的「獨立委員會」，「審視」大埔宏福苑大火、迅速蔓延的原因﹐並指會全面公開調查報告。（見另稿）
《法庭線》向特首辦查詢，有關「獨立委員會」的法定權力。特首辦晚上回覆，未有正面回應委員會有否傳召權，稱其運作類似過往大型事故的調查，包括 2003 年屯門公路車禍、2018 年大埔公路車禍，又強調成立「獨立委員會」的目的之一，是「繼續全力提速提效推展調查工作，包括刑事調查」。
翻查資料，2003 年屯門公路車禍，由時任特首董建華委任「獨立專家小組」，檢討公路安全措施；2018 年大埔九巴車禍，則由時任特首林鄭月娥成立「檢討委員會」，審視專營巴士的監管及監察制度，兩者均沒有法定傳召權。
1 Dec 2025集誌社#7617
宏福苑五級火｜黃碧嬌「嚴正聲明」 將報案要求警方、廉署查現屆法團
After the Wang Fuk Court fire, some questioned whether DAB Tai Po South District councillor Peggy Pik Kiu Wong, who had been a driving force behind the major renovation project, should be held responsible for the incident. The DAB issued another statement yesterday, saying that if members, including Peggy Pik Kiu Wong, were found to have engaged in unlawful conduct, it would show “absolutely no leniency”. This afternoon (December 1), Peggy Pik Kiu Wong issued a “solemn statement”, saying that they had decided to report the matter to the Police Force and request an immediate investigation into whether the current owners’ corporation was involved in serious offences including dereliction of duty and concealing safety risks. They also asked the ICAC to conduct a thorough investigation into whether the current owners’ corporation was involved in corruption and dereliction of duty, resulting in the fire safety equipment being left in disrepair for a prolonged period.
Records show that the major renovation plan was approved by the previous owners’ corporation in January 2024, when Peggy Pik Kiu Wong was an adviser on owners’ corporation affairs. After owners failed to oppose it, the previous owners’ corporation was voted out by a large majority in September of the same year; by then, the renovation works had begun. The Collective is making enquiries with the current owners’ corporation about the incident.
宏福苑大火後，有聲音質疑民建聯大埔南區議員黃碧嬌曾是大維修推手，需為事件負責；民建聯昨再發聲明，指若證實包括黃碧嬌在內的成員存在違法行為，「絕不姑息」。黃碧嬌今日（12月1日）下午發「嚴正聲明」，指決定向警務處報案，要求立即調查事件是否涉現屆法團瀆職、隱瞞安全風險等嚴重罪行，另要求 ICAC 徹查現屆法團是否涉貪污瀆職，致消防設備長期失修。
翻查資料，大維修方案是在 2024 年 1 月獲上屆法團通過，當時黃碧嬌為法團事務顧問；業主反對不果下，在同年 9 月大比數罷免舊法團，期時維修工程已展開。《集誌社》正就事件向現屆法團查詢。
29 Nov 2025Yahoo#7609
宏福苑五級火｜義工指警方凌晨五時攔截廣福邨平台出入口 指示中午前清走所有物資
A No. 5 alarm fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on Wednesday (26th), killing 128 people and leaving many affected residents homeless. Members of the public across Hong Kong spontaneously donated supplies, and volunteers set up a supply station on the podium at Kwong Fook Estate to help meet the residents’ needs.
A volunteer at the scene told Yahoo News that at 5am today (29th), police officers stood at all entrances and exits of the Kwong Fook Estate podium and instructed volunteers to immediately start packing up the supplies, move them to a designated location or hand them over to organisations before noon.
After receiving the message, some members of the public rushed to the Kwong Fook podium to help pack up, but were stopped by officers stationed at the podium entrance and told that the podium was for exit only, with no entry. After volunteers communicated with the officers, they were allowed to bring other members of the public onto the podium to help.
大埔宏福苑周三（26 日）下午發生五級火警，火警中有 128 人死亡，大量災民無家可歸。全港市民自發捐贈物資，其中有義工在廣福邨平台設置物資站，幫助災民解決所需。
有現場義工向《Yahoo新聞》表示，警方今日（29 日）凌晨 5 時派出警員站在廣福邨平台所有出入口，指示義工立刻開始執拾物資，在中午前搬到指定位置或交由機構接收。
有市民收到消息後，趕至廣福平台幫忙收拾，惟在平台入口被駐守警員攔下，被告知平台只出不入。經義工溝通後，義工才可帶其他市民進入平台幫忙。
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