Majority of Wang Fuk Court residents agree to government buyout after fire

More than 75 percent of homeowners at the only residential block spared extensive damage in the deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court in November 2025 have agreed to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government as of 3 September 2026. An unrelated social media post about Greenland was incorrectly grouped with this story.

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75.8% of flat owners at block unscathed by Tai Po fire agree to sell to authorities

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More than 75 per cent of homeowners at the only block spared the worst of last November’s deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court have agreed to sell their flats to the Hong Kong government, with authorities to press ahead with acquisition procedures. The Housing Bureau said on Thursday that 75.8 per cent of the flats at the estate’s Wang Chi House, or 188 households, had signed sales and purchase agreement