Meanwhile new construction still continues apace: seen on an HK visit 3 weeks ago, site-specific 41-storey public rental housing at Tung Chung Areas 99-103 (designed by Housing Dept.) and 19-storey short-life modular 'light public housing' at Tuen Mun Area 54 (by govt. Architectural Services Dept.)

The ‘obvious’ Wang Fuk-Grenfell comparison a bit misleading: main issue here looks like dangerous site materials and contracting practices, not bad retrofit per se: more like Børsen or GSA 2018? Also governance issues: HOS retrofits overseen by ‘amateur’ Owners’ Committees, not by HD (unlike PRH).

In happier days - Flexi point blocks (similar to Wang Fuk) at Siu Hong Court, Tuen Mun Area 51, the largest HOS scheme - 1983 construction view showing mosaic-cladding and finishing, and 2013 mature landscaping view + detail of plaque commemorating 1985 opening by Chief Secretary Philip Haddon-Cave

This was Sui Wo Court (Sha Tin Area 42A HOS) back in April 2024 - and still today! And this is what it should be like......

Wang Fuk Court must surely be the end of bamboo scaffolding on housing. Flexi 2 HOS blocks intrinsically safe – only 8 flats/floor – but the scaffolding is like wrapping them in a ‘temporary Grenfell’! Big questions for HKSAR Buildings Dept. to answer (esp. with other live cases - eg Sui Wo Court)