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  "id": 538644,
  "title": "Hong Kong considers lowering heat-stress warning thresholds amid criticism",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/hong-kong-considers-lowering-heat-stress-warning-thresholds-amid-538644",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T05:14:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3363615/hong-kong-considers-lowering-heat-stress-warning-thresholds-amid-criticism"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "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…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
        "title": "Hong Kong considers lowering heat-stress warning thresholds amid criticism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/hong-kong-considers-lowering-heat-stress-warning-thresholds-amid",
        "published": "2026-08-11T05:14:21.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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