The Government announced today (February 4) that two special measures have been rolled out by the Support Fund for Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po. 
 
     Earlier, the Beijing Han Hong Love Charity Foundation proposed to make a donation to the Support Fund for Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po for designated uses. After discussion with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and endorsement by the Steering Committee on the Support Fund for Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, the donation will be used to introduce two new measures to render assistance to residents affected by the fire.
 
     The first measure is to provide a token of solidarity of $100,000 to the families of the 168 deceased from the fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, including residents, foreign domestic helpers, visitors, and persons working at Wang Fuk Court during the fire, to help them get through this difficult time and rebuild their confidence in life.
 
     The second measure is to provide a one-off Chinese New Year goodwill token of $5,000 to each flat owner or their families of all the eight blocks at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po to extend holiday blessings to them. 
 
     The estimated expenditure of the above two measures is around $26.6 million and will be fully borne by the donation from the Foundation. The payments will be disbursed through the "one social worker per household" mechanism from today (February 4).

Ends/Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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