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Emily Ying Yang Chan

Emily Ying Yang Chan

Emily Ying Yang Chan is co-director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), and assistant dean and professor of CUHK Faculty of Medicine.
Emily Ying Yang Chan is co-director of the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), and assistant dean and professor of CUHK Faculty of Medicine.
Languages Spoken:
English

Opinion | For heat warnings to work, Hong Kong must have one, clear system

On the hottest day of the year, three different warnings came into force, having come on at different times – an integrated system would more clearly communicate the risk.

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The response to the outbreak in Kwai Chung has shown the government’s emergency response plans have failed to keep up with the times. People who are in compulsory home quarantine must not have their basic needs ignored in favour of comprehensive virus testing.

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