The government wants to buy back Wang Fuk Court from you, the fire survivor, and it has a number in mind. About 100 owners are looking at that number and saying, thanks, but no. The deadline for signing on hasn't moved. The fire killed dozens of residents months ago, and the estate remains a crime scene as well as a home to those who survived it. RTHK reported this week that a hundred-odd households are still holding out.

Here's the bit nobody in Central wants to say plainly: a "fair" price and a price someone will actually accept are two different things when the flat you're being asked to give up isn't really a flat anymore, it's where you last saw your neighbours. The government picked a formula, announced a deadline, and is now finding out that grief doesn't read spreadsheets. Watch whether officials extend the window past this week or start explaining, flat by flat, why a hundred families think the number is wrong.