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Hong Kong leader apologizes for deadly fire that tested Beijing’s grip on city

Source: NBC News

Summary

HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s leader made a rare apology Thursday for a residential fire that killed 168 people last year, announcing that a top housing official would resign after an investigation blamed corruption and regulatory failures for the Chinese territory’s worst human-caused disaster in decades.

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