Broken windows at an office building in Hung Hom, in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut, which hit Hong Kong in September 2018. The storm caused damage worth US$2 billion across Asia. Photo: Dickson Lee
Hong Kong trails Singapore, Christchurch in climate change readiness, thanks to its housing crisis
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Broken windows at an office building in Hung Hom, in the aftermath of Typhoon Mangkhut, which hit Hong Kong in September 2018. The storm caused damage worth US$2 billion across Asia. Photo: Dickson Lee