Homeowners at the Hong Kong complex destroyed in one of the city’s deadliest fires were wrongly told that the contractor now blamed for the tragedy had a clean safety record. Documents seen by Reuters show that Will Power Architects, hired to assess renovation bids, assured residents that Prestige Construction & Engineering had no Labour Department prosecutions. But labour department records show Prestige had been penalised more than a dozen times between 2016 and 2019 for unsafe scaffolding and faulty electrical work. The company still won the HK$330 million renovation contract after Will Power gave its bid one of the highest grades. Both companies are now under manslaughter and corruption investigations after the 26 November fire at Wang Fuk Court, which has killed at least

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