Hong Kong expands heat stress monitoring to better protect outdoor workers

Hong Kong’s labour authorities have expanded heat stress monitoring to include data from 10 sites, enabling faster alerts to better safeguard outdoor workers. Deputy Commissioner for Labour Vincent Fung Hao-yin said on Monday that the department would incorporate data from the Hong Kong Observatory’s newly added monitoring stations at eight sites across the city. The move is intended to provide a more accurate picture of local heat stress levels and to issue warnings when outdoor workers shou...

By Fiona Chow