Hong Kong vows to revamp heat stress warning system by month’s end
Officials will review three-tier thresholds and trigger rules after the system issued only the lowest alert during the summer heatwave.
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Hong Kong vows to revamp heat stress warning system by month’s end
Authorities are aiming to revamp a heat stress warning system by the end of the month after it was deemed inadequate by former Observatory chiefs amid a historic heatwave. Labour and welfare chief Chris Sun said on Tuesday that the government would look into whether the warning system could be better tailored to Hong Kong’s […]
Hong Kong aiming to revamp heat-stress warning system by end of this month
Hong Kong authorities aim to complete a revamp of the city’s heat-stress warning system by the end of this month, the labour minister has said, following criticism that the alert level was not increased during record-breaking temperatures. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han said on Tuesday that changes to the Heat Stress at Work Warning system would require thorough preparatory work at several levels. This would include setting t…
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