AI technology and stricter enforcement will be central to combating the nuisance, which can also pose a danger to public health
Air conditioners have made living in Hong Kong’s high-rise compact units much more pleasant during the hot summer months. However, the comfort may also become a nuisance to others, with the cooling devices in some neighbourhoods dripping like a rainforest. This is not helped when enforcement against the offence remains slack.
It is good that the government has sought to overcome the challenges in enforcement by using night-vision cameras to detect dripping from high-rise buildings in the evenings. Between May and August 24, some 5,200 cases were settled with the help of cameras and other inspection and enforcement measures, according to the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
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