Hong Kong to Revamp Heat Stress Warning System by Month's End
Hong Kong authorities have vowed to revamp their 'inadequate' heat stress warning system by the end of the month. The aim is to improve the system's effectiveness in protecting the public from extreme heat.
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Hong Kong aiming to revamp heat-stress warning system by end of this month
Hong Kong’s labour minister has said authorities aim to complete a revamp of the city’s heat-stress warning system by the end of this month, 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 included setting the system’s activation thresholds and determining how...
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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 […]
By James Lee
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