Paul Marriott

Teacher, Head of ICT & Campus Media at LTPSS, Hong Kong.

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@PalomaPrietoV Thanks for everything! All the best. 🙏🏻

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Just to clarify my position on the whole bamboo scaffolding debate:

1. I absolutely love bamboo scaffolding – no question about it.

2. Strength, low cost, and ease of transport make it an ideal and highly practical resource in Hong Kong. On top of that, it has been used here for many decades and forms an important part of our city’s culture and heritage.

3. That said, while I’m genuinely fond of it, I am by no means an expert on the full biological or physical properties of bamboo. When I’ve described it as “flammable” in interviews, that has been based purely on gut feeling and a cautious “perhaps” when pressed by media outlets. Although bamboo is far from perfect, I do NOT believe it was the cause of the Tai Po fires, nor that it spread the blaze upwards and across the towers at Wang Fuk Court. Hong Kong has been using bamboo scaffolding for longer than most of us have been alive, and in all that time we have never seen a flood of reports blaming bamboo scaffolding for starting or fuelling major fires. If it were truly such a liability, how on earth have we managed to keep using it for so long?

4. Hong Kong may well decide to switch to metal scaffolding one day, but, like a great deal of things in my life - c’est la vie, that isn’t my decision to make. It will come down entirely to whether there is a genuine, proven need.

5. I’m an IT and digital-media professional, not an architect, structural engineer, or construction expert.

Thank you! 😎🙏🏻
Godspeed.

– Paul Marriott

❤️ to the victims of the Tai Po fire disasters. Heart and prayers go out to all of you.

#taipo #hk #hongkong #wangfukcourt #bambooscaffolding #bamboo

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Heartbroken by the devastating fire in Hong Kong. Everyone affected is in our thoughts and we are thankful for the first responders. Apple is donating to relief efforts on the ground.

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@JoyceSpct Hi Joyce, Sure please go ahead (Yes to 1 + 2). Thanks!

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AFTERMATH (Thu 27). Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po HK. #taipo #hk #hongkong #fire #disaster #wangfukcourt

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@AndrzejNews Hi Andrzej, sure please go ahead. Thanks

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The Day After: Aftermath of Wang Fuk Court Building Fire - Tai Po, Hong Kong (raw, unedited) - 27/11/2025

#wangfukcourt #fire #taipo #hongkong #hk #buildingfire

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@Thais_pz Hi Thais. Yes, these are my videos, and yes you may use them. Thanks

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@vladivalz Hi Vladislav. Thanks for reaching out! Yes, I filmed them, and yes please go ahead and use them. Thanks again.

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One of the most shocking things to ever witness at Tai Po, HK. Burning buildings at Wang Cheong House, Wang Fuk Court. #taipo #hk #hongkong #fire #disaster #wangfukcourt

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@JoyceSpct Hi Joyce, thanks for reaching out.

1. Yes, these are my videos.
2. Sure, please go ahead and use them with credit to me.
3. The videos were mainly filmed at the pedestrian / bicycle path near Nam Wan Road (also opposite Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School or WSCSS) 4:25-5:45pm

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@NativeTAgency Hi Melanie. Thanks for reaching out. Sure, I’m happy for you to use the footage. Go for it, thanks!

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Batch 2 of videos: One of the most shocking things to ever witness at Tai Po, HK. Burning buildings at Wang Cheong House, Wang Fuk Court. #taipo #hk #hongkong #fire #disaster #wangfukcourt

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@StringerViral Hi there. Yes, it’s my video, and yes you may use it. Thanks.

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@TWytrychowski Unfortunately, this is Hong Kong where space is scarce. Many things are packed together in one of the most densely populated cities, if not THE most densely populated cities in the world.

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@StringerViral Hi there - not sure if I responded earlier, but in any case: Yes these are my videos and yes, you may use them. Thanks!

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@cocizeqiri Hi Majlinda. Sure thing - please keep in touch. Thanks

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@AndrzejNews Hi there - not sure if I responded earlier, but in any case: Yes, these are my videos, and yes you may use them. Thanks!

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@CanucksFan80 Hey Rajeev. Actually, we live in Hung Hom. Tai Po is my workplace, which I have been a part of for the past 15 years. Agreed…just surreal!

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@newthursdaybird Thanks - am happy to be interviewed, although I mainly use English.

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@vladivalz Hi Vladislav, Sure thing. Thanks for reaching out!