19/12/2025
Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department held a funeral with full honours on Friday for firefighter Ho Wai-ho, who died in the line of duty in a blaze at Wang F*k Court last month.
A fire engine converted into a hearse, carrying Ho's casket, departed from the Universal Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom at 10.30am, as government officials and firefighters formed an honour guard outside the building to pay their respects.
Ho, 37, was among the 160 people who lost their lives in the fire at the residential complex.
Chief Executive John Lee and other top officials - including Chief Secretary Eric Chan, Financial Secretary Paul Chan, Secretary for Justice Paul Lam, Secretary for Security Chris Tang, and Director of Fire Services Andy Yeung - as well as former Chief Executive Carrie Lam, were in attendance.
The hearse then headed to Wang F*k Court in Tai Po, the fire site where Ho died. It was to proceed next to Sha Tin Fire Station, where Ho had been stationed, before reaching Gallant Garden in Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery, where civil servants who die in the line of duty are buried.
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
Source: Hong Kong Free Press
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