As you sit back in your air-cooled office this morning, the sweat perhaps drying on your back, think of those for whom the hum of an air conditioner is only a dream.
As the city endures one of its hottest summers on record concerns are growing for the workers who turn developers' billion-dollar dreams into reality whatever the weather.
The Observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 34.5 degrees Celsius on June 9, the highest recorded in June since 1980, with its mean temperature for the month 28.6 degrees, 0.7 degrees above the normal figure of 27.9 degrees.
The sweltering conditions have taken their toll, with nine serious heatstroke cases at work reported in May and June. July has so far kept up the heat, with a driver collapsing at the wheel of his non-air-conditioned bus on Tuesday.
At the construction site of the new government building in Tamar, workers say outdoor conditions are more bearable than those inside the half-finished building, with the interior temperatures three to four degrees hotter than exterior ones.
'You have the sun outside, but also the wind,' said a 50-something worker who gave his name only as Mr Tse. 'But inside there is no wind. It's even worse. It's like baking.'
