北京已正式免去香港房屋局局长何永贤的职务，此前她于上周辞职，为致命的大埔火灾承担政治责任。
Beijing has formally removed Hong Kong’s housing chief, Winnie Ho Wing-yin, from her post, after she resigned last week to take political responsibility for the deadly Tai Po fire.
据官方新华社报道，国务院周二根据行政长官李家超的建议，免去何永贤的职务。公告未说明免职原因，亦未公布继任者人选。
According to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, the State Council removed Ho from office on Tuesday on the recommendation of Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu. The announcement gave no reason for the decision and did not name a successor.
李家超在一份政府声明中表示，何永贤已表明愿意为火灾“承担政治问责”，并赞扬她致力于落实其房屋政策。他说：“随着她今日正式卸任，我祝愿她前程似锦、身体健康。”
In a government statement, Lee said Ho had indicated she would “shoulder the political accountability” for the fire and praised her dedication to implementing his housing policies. “As she officially leaves her post today, I wish her all the best in her future endeavours and a healthy life,” he said.
何永贤是唯一因这场火灾辞职的局长级官员。李家超曾表示她应承担政治问责，尽管调查未发现她有个人过失。
Ho is the only bureau-head-level official to have resigned over the fire. Lee had said she should assume political accountability, even though no personal wrongdoing had been identified.
副财政司司长黄伟纶自何永贤离任起，一直兼任房屋局局长代理职务。
Deputy financial secretary Michael Wong Wai-lun has been serving concurrently as acting secretary for housing since Ho’s departure.
根据作为香港小宪法的《基本法》，主要官员的任免由中央政府根据行政长官的提名进行。
Under the Basic Law, the city’s mini-constitution, the appointment and removal of principal officials rest with the central government on the nomination of the chief executive.
她于上周三递交辞呈，即政府发布独立调查委员会关于宏福苑火灾报告的前一天。这场火灾是香港数十年来最致命的火灾，造成168人死亡，近5000名居民流离失所。
She tendered her resignation last Wednesday, a day before the government released the independent committee’s report on the Wang Fuk Court fire. The blaze, the city’s deadliest in decades, killed 168 people and displaced nearly 5,000 residents.
直接隶属于何永贤领导的房屋局的独立查核组，因缺乏监管而受到批评，并被认定对这场悲剧负有更大责任。
The Independent Checking Unit, which was directly under the Housing Bureau that Ho led, was criticised for its lack of oversight and found to bear greater responsibility for the tragedy.
何永贤在辞职后发表的声明中并未道歉，仅表示希望逝者安息，其家属能找到安宁并从悲痛中走出来。
In a statement issued after her resignation, Ho did not apologise but said she hoped the deceased would rest in peace and that their families would find peace and move forward from their grief.
何永贤1992年作为建筑师加入政府，历经三十多年的晋升，成为建筑署署长，并于2022年获委任为房屋局局长。
Ho joined the government in 1992 as an architect and rose through the ranks over more than three decades to become director of architectural services before her appointment as housing secretary in 2022.
任内，她主导兴建3万个简约公屋单位的计划，为居住在劣质住房的家庭提供过渡性安置。
During her tenure, she oversaw the initiative to build 30,000 light public housing flats to provide transitional relief for families living in substandard homes.