HK swelters for another day with mixed views among citizens on a/c

On days like these we are relying on our air-conditioners.

And some local residents say they simply cannot live without the machines even though they know air-conditioners create problems.

The weather is generally fine over the coast of Guangdong, and the heatwave is still continuing to blast Hong Kong.

Denzil Robinson: "I love the weather. I mean, at the moment, the UK is in the heatwave. So I got from one heatwave to another heatwave. It's better here, at least you got a coastal breeze. In the UK, it's very humid at the moment and there's no breeze, no consistency. "

The maximum temperature in the urban areas is around 34 degrees, while some areas reached over 37 degrees.

With Hong Kong recording its highest temperature in centuries, it becomes inevitable to use air conditioning, despite concerns about its environmental impact.

Nikita Pakhomov: "It's destroying our environment, but still I can't live without air-conditioning."

Chlow Low: "I try to minimise using ac, but it's getting inevitable now I think. Trying to cool down and finding more economical ways to cool down as well. I think there's got to be a better way, but at the same time, what else can you do? It's at the state of the world that we have come to have to resort to ways which paradoxically harm the planet."

Not only is air conditioning raising concerns about the environment, it could also affect parts of our body in the long term, causing dry skin and eyes, headaches, muscle stiffness, respiratory irritation, and more health issues.