ANTIECOLOGY - HONG KONG/CHINA - 'Arctic conditions' inside malls and buses blasted
Hong Kong,China -The Standard, by Winnie Chong -Jun 27 2005: -- Hong Kong's ''big chill'' is getting people hot under the collar... The Lonely Planet 1998 edition on Hong Kong says the "temperatures are set so low inside public buses you may find your extremities turning blue"... According to Friends of the Earth, 24 percent out of the 266 complaints received were about temperatures inside public transport... Of these, 60 percent complained about buses... Chu said passengers complained buses were so cold that they needed to wear jackets and sweaters... He said adjusting air-conditioners one degree Celsius higher can save 3 percent on electric bills... If public places and transportation can set their indoor temperature at 25.5C, HK$1 billion could be saved, Chu added...
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