Hong Kong issues another cold weather alert as mercury dips to as low as 6½°C


The Hong Kong Observatory has issued another cold weather warning as health authorities call on elderly residents and people with chronic diseases to take “appropriate measures” to protect themselves.

The alert was posted at 6am on Friday, when the city’s temperatures ranged between 12 and 15 degrees Celsius (53.6 and 59 Fahrenheit) and dropped to as low as 6½ degrees at Hong Kong’s highest peak, Tai Mo Shan.

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