HONG KONG: Even with two electric fans whirring, retired janitor Chun Loi was sweating profusely in her windowless, one-room flat that swelters during Hong Kong's humid summer.
Retired janitor Chun Loi, 84, sitting on her bed while facing electric fans inside her 50-square-foot windowless one-room flat in Hong Kong taken on Aug 10, 2024. HONG KONG : Even with two electric fans whirring, retired janitor Chun Loi was sweating profusely in her windowless, one-room flat that
Experts warn that, with 2024 expected to be the hottest year in recorded history, elderly people like Chun living in Hong Kong's small, poorly ventilated units face greater risks. "I try to stay in as much as possible with my fans ... Otherwise, where can you go? It's embarrassing to stay in restaurants and malls if I am not eating anything," Chun said.to become available, but with only 430,000 targeted for construction in the next decade, her chances of getting one remain out of reach for now.
"Climate change affects everyone," Yeung said."But the impact is not equal because some people, due to their living conditions and physical conditions, are affected more than others."The city is consistently ranked as one of the most expensive housing markets in the world, making low-cost solutions for people like Chun harder to find and blowing out waiting lists for public housing.
Yeung tries to improve the living conditions of the families she works with by showing them how to increase air circulation or manage the temperature.A 2020 study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong found that five consecutive"hot nights" – defined as when temperatures rise above 28 degrees Celsius – would raise the risk of death by 6.66 per cent.
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