Nepalese consul general urges Hong Kong government to provide support to families of Yau Ma Tei unlicensed diner fire victims
- Acting Consul General Kiran Kumar Gurung requests the city government to provide settlement support to those who have lost their homes
- He says the consulate has been getting in touch with the local Nepalese community and the victims’ families
The Nepalese consul general in the city has urged the Hong Kong government to provide settlement support to the families of the victims of Sunday’s fatal fire in Yau Ma Tei, in which seven people from the South Asian country were killed.
Acting Consul General Kiran Kumar Gurung made the appeal as he joined hundreds in a mourning ceremony the consulate organised with four Nepalese groups outside the building on Canton Road.
The fatal blaze at the unlicensed restaurant, “Jeere Khursani”, took the lives of seven Nepalis, including an eight-year-old boy and his father, and injured 11.
Some of the mourners personally knew the deceased, while many others said they had gone there only to offer prayers and flowers for the victims.
The mourners observed a minute’s silence at around 6.45pm while Buddhist monks offered prayers.
