Bamboo has long been the preferred material for scaffolding because it is cheap, readily available and flexible, and can be secured with nylon cords.

What is bamboo scaffolding and how it contributed to spread of Hong Kong’s deadly fire

Hong Kong’s Wang Fuk Court apartments fire highlights severe housing shortages in the financial hub. The poor and elderly rely on unsafe public housing, or cramped coffin homes. The city’s low-income housing system is facing brunt of systemic neglect

'Coffin homes' to crammed public apartments: Hong Kong fire that left 55 dead brings focus on city's chronic housing crisis

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What is bamboo scaffolding and how it contributed to spread of Hong Kong’s deadly fire

Hong Kong fire: 55 deaths bring sharp focus on housing crisis for the poor