Concern groups urge the government to provide subdivided housing tenants with an electricity allowance to help with the financial burden
Temperatures in substandard housing in Hong Kong could hit as high as nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), according to a study by two concern groups, who urged the government to provide an electricity allowance for tenants during summer.
CarbonCare InnoLab and Kwai Chung Subdivided Units Kai Fong Association, which polled 31 households living in substandard flats last month, said on Sunday that the average highest daytime temperature recorded there stood at 30.8 degrees Celsius, with the mercury at a rooftop hut hitting as high as 39.9 degrees Celsius.
These temperatures were higher than the average of 29.6 degrees Celsius recorded by the Hong Kong Observatory, highlighting a severe urban heat problem in such properties.
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