# Hong Kong to replace disgraced housing unit over deadly Tai Po fire

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3372616/hong-kong-replace-disgraced-housing-unit-over-deadly-tai-po-fire

Hong Kong’s disgraced Independent Checking Unit (ICU) will be disbanded as part of reforms in the wake of the city’s deadliest fire in decades, after a judge-led inquiry identified it as the government arm with the greatest responsibility for the Wang Fuk Court inferno. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Thursday that the Housing Bureau would undergo internal restructuring, under which the ICU would be replaced by a new Public Housing Building Control Section. Deputy Financial Secretary...

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