‘Baffling’ work heat stress warnings to be revamped after record temperatures trigger only lowest alerts

Hong Kong’s Labour Department will revamp the city’s heat stress warning system, its chief has said, after a former weather official called the mechanism “decorative” for issuing only the lowest alert during record-breaking heat. Commissioner for Labour Sam Hui said on Tuesday that his department will work with the Observatory to improve the warning system’s […]

By Hans Tse