Hong Kong Open to Classifying Heatstroke as an Occupational Disease: Labour Chief Hong Kong's sweltering summers are a fact of life, but the city's approach to mitigating heat related illnesses for workers has been woefully inadequate.
The recent revelation that the revamped heat warning system would have triggered stronger alerts on two exceptionally hot days in August is just the latest evidence of this failure.
The labour chief's admission that heatstroke could be classified as an occupational disease marks a welcome step towards acknowledging the harsh realities faced by frontline workers.