Dressed in a full-body protective suit, an elderly pest control worker could last no more than 15 minutes spraying pesticide along a Hong Kong pavement before the summer heat became too much.
"The longer you work, the more it feels like it's raining inside the ... it's just like being in a sauna," said Wah, 63, who asked to be identified only by his first name.drenched in sweat on a scorching August morning, with temperatures soaring to 32.2 degrees Celsius and humidity hitting 87 percent.
She is part of a research team measuring the body temperatures of people toiling under extreme heat, especially the elderly like Wah and his six-person crew. Greenpeace campaigner Tom Ng said the"biggest problem" was that employers who ignore the guidelines face no legal repercussions. Despite the new system having no legal bite, the government can still sue employers"who just turn a blind eye", he said in May.
"The reality is is not reported," said Fay Siu, who runs the Association for the Rights of Industrial Accident Victims.
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