Published: 7:45pm, 18 Jul 2026Updated: 8:27pm, 18 Jul 2026Some residents displaced by Hong Kong’s deadliest inferno in decades have called for merging the Housing Bureau’s Independent Checking Unit (ICU) with the Buildings Department, after a public inquiry revealed regulatory failures linked to communication problems between the two arms with similar functions.In recommendations submitted to the independent committee investigating the Wang Fuk Court fire, which were released on Saturday, legal representatives for nine residents said authorities should merge the two government arms to avoid overlap in their functions.“Given the systemic defects and collaborative failures as revealed by the fire, we recommend...