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Hong Kong considers lowering heat-stress warning thresholds amid criticism

Hong Kong authorities are considering lowering the threshold for activating higher-tier heat stress warnings during abnormally hot weather, following public criticism that the alert was not upgraded even as the city sweltered through its hottest day on record. Commissioner for Labour Sam Hui Chark-shum said on Tuesday that the warning system was currently more responsive to “muggy weather” than…

Hong Kong considers lowering heat-stress warning thresholds amid criticism

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