Hong Kong
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Every morning, 68-year-old Yip Ka-kui sends his wife a voice note that will never be heard.
Sometimes he tells her about things he’s seen, or something that would make her laugh.
Recently he shared that their granddaughter scored the second-highest grade in her class on end-of-year exams.
This would typically be a cause for celebration for the tight-knit family. But last November, Yip’s wife Pak Shui-lin was among the 168 people killed in a fire that tore through seven high-rise residential blocks in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district.
Now more than two months on, the…

