The public will be allowed to observe the first open meeting of an independent committee investigating the cause of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, which will set the framework for subsequent hearings. The independent committee, which was set up in the aftermath of the fire at Wang Fuk Court, announced on Tuesday that it would hold a “direction conference” on February 5. During the conference, committee chairman Justice David Lok Kai-hong would provide instructions on the arrangements for...