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
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
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Hong Kong trails Singapore, Christchurch in climate change readiness, thanks to its housing crisis

  • Losses owed to extreme weather patterns are estimated to have hit US$200 billion globally in 2018

Topic |   Climate change
Cheryl Arcibal
Cheryl Arcibal

Updated: 12:04am, 1 Feb, 2019

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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
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
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