Hong Kong’s subdivided flats are turning into heat traps. But what’s the fix?
Retiree Yang Fangxin’s 72 sq ft rooftop home, located on the ninth floor of a 62-year-old building in Sham Shui Po, has become a heat trap under Hong Kong’s scorching hot weather. The temperature in her home was above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) at around 5pm on Tuesday, higher than the 33 degrees recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory’s monitoring station in the same district. The…
Hong Kong's subdivided flats are turning into heat traps during the recent scorching heatwave, with one retiree's rooftop home exceeding 40 degrees Celsius. The city has established 15 community living rooms to provide a cooling environment and utility bill savings for low-income residents. Yet, these subsidies may be essential, as some tenants find it nearly impossible to afford the high electricity costs.
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