At a bustling fruit store in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay, a crowd of workers sporting damp towels around their necks or fan vests buy up chilled drinks to stay hydrated as temperatures hit 32 degrees Celsius (89.6 Fahrenheit) on a busy weekday morning.
Soaked in sweat, 29-year-old construction worker Yau is among those buying a litre of water to help beat the heat on Wednesday.
“I spend at least HK$100 per day to buy water these days. It is expensive, and I get poor just drinking water to survive...
How Hong Kong can protect manual workers bearing brunt of heatwave
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August 13, 2026
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Source: South China Morning Post | https://www.scmp.com/rss/91/feed - Read Original
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