Carrie Lam needs to sleep more in 2018, for the sake of Hong Kong
Alice Wu says three hours of shut-eye or less, as the chief executive said she gets when the going gets tough, can induce brain fog, impaired judgment and health risks. With fresh challenges awaiting in 2018, being sleep-deprived is not an option
I believe Lam, not because she seems to be the hardworking type. I believe Lam because her words speak for themselves. Like many of you, I’m befuddled by how Lam can say some of the things she says. Her one-plus-one doesn’t add up to two. You can’t say “I am very careful about my health” and then say you’re on three hours of sleep.
Insisting on sleep deprivation is risky behaviour, hazardous not only to one’s own health but to the safety of others. Sleep deprivation seriously impairs judgment, and our chief executive needs full use of her mental faculties for good judgment. Anything less would be unacceptable and detrimental to the people she has vowed to serve. What Lam has openly claimed is chronic sleep deprivation.
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I don’t know how she does it, and that is not meant to be a compliment. Scientists running sleep deprivation tests on rats have found that the brain actually eats itself as a result. We know how prisoners are tortured with sleep deprivation, because it is a highly effective way to break their will.