The food brand Knorr released the results of an online questionnaire survey conducted from 27 to 30 July 2018. The survey polled 2,950 citizens aged 20 or above, finding that 15.56% of the respondents work between 50 and 56 hours per week and 9.19% work over 56 hours per week. Over 70% of the respondents have an irregular meal time due to their busy work schedules.
Dr Hou Wai-kai, Director of Centre for Psychosocial Health (CPH) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology, said that 5-10% of the total population in Hong Kong suffer from anxiety and depression. A survey found that those with an irregular meal time will more likely to develop emotional problems. He suggested citizens should take regular meal breaks, and spend more time with family when off work in order to ease their work pressure.
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