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| posted by Load Toad 559 days ago |
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I just noticed on t' news that there is now a restriction coming into force to restrict what liquids you can take through the security check at t' airport.
You can still buy liquids after the security check and carry them on.
The news report said that as HKG is an international hub it had to be up to the same protocols as at other international airport.
- What's the point if you can fly in from say Shanghai with out such restrictions (and then transit)?
- What other airports in the region have such restrictions?
- I understand the whole concept of terrorists going into the toilet to construct a bomb out of liquids they'd smuggled on board had been found to be pretty much a load of Urban Myth and not at all practical.
- Which international hubs still have this restriction on liquids?
So why the f**k are we bothering with this facile protocol at HKG airport?
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| posted by sunwaterandsky 559 days ago |
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I was flying back from Toronto at Christmas. They were very strict about allowing people through security with water or liquids - one ziploc bag that you had to show to them. What really got my hair on fire was watching them take a bottle of water of someone then letting some posh-wanna be walk through with their Starbucks.
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| posted by Mango 559 days ago |
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no problem for me. no liquid in my bag, thats it.
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| posted by Load Toad 559 days ago |
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Wow - it's the little victories that mean so much isn't it Mongo?
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| posted by Mango 559 days ago |
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yes, thats all about.
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| posted by hongkonger 559 days ago |
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flying back from at CNY Aussie security confiscated my multi-tool thing, has little pliers, screw driver (was in with my laptop for repairs, fixing plugs, etc.)
Seriously I challenge anyone to commandeer a paper bag with it.......now it is gone......OTT for sure, had no problem with duty free liquids thou ;-)
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| posted by puyi 559 days ago |
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in some airports in china i have been stopped at security and asked to drink some of the water in the bottle to prove it was water.....found this odd but thought oh well its china
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by asiangirl 559 days ago |
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airport protocols are crazy anyways, at Schiphol they confiscated my friend's set of silver baby spoons and butter knives but when we got on KLM- what do they serve food with?! you got it- a set of stainless spoon, fork and butter knife
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| posted by puyi 559 days ago |
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on flights in india you cant take any spices on board as carry on luggage ...but then they serve lovelly spicey food......and yes it makes sense as curry powder or chilly powder could be used as a weapon aka into the eyes....
darren rudd is and never was a sinophile
but the reports were a smoggy mistake
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| posted by Mango 559 days ago |
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its all for your safety and really easy to deal with if you are able to use your brain a little bit.
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| posted by Load Toad 559 days ago |
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That wasn't the question smegface.
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| posted by Mango 559 days ago |
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did you ask anything?
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| posted by the doodler 559 days ago |
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Manila also has restrictions on all liquids, ointments and gels. Plus you have to take your shoes off.
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| posted by geraldo 558 days ago |
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quote:
Originally posted by asiangirl
airport protocols are crazy anyways, at Schiphol they confiscated my friend's set of silver baby spoons and butter knives but when we got on KLM- what do they serve food with?! you got it- a set of stainless spoon, fork and butter knife
from the same:
in Korea & Japan they check your carry on luggage; every tax free shop thereafter sells stainless steel chopstick for 3 US a pair - and these are lethal and some
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| posted by smog 558 days ago |
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There is no rationale behind this - it is pure knee-jerk politics. Anyone with half a brain who wants to take down an airliner could do so.
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| posted by westdoor 558 days ago |
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What's the point if you can fly in from say Shanghai with out such restrictions (and then transit)?
When you transit you still have to go back through a security check to get into the Departures side - I would imagine they would also screen there for liquids
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| posted by The Cerne Abbas Giant 558 days ago |
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quote:
Originally posted by smog
There is no rationale behind this - it is pure knee-jerk politics. Anyone with half a brain who wants to take down an airliner could do so.
How would you do it smog?
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| posted by AKA 558 days ago |
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bore the trolley dolleys to death with his strong and trenchant argument over the correct temperature for the coffee just served, albeit more ersatz coffee than coffee. pilot and crew would come to see why trolley dollies are dead, and he would bore them to death with wonderfully crafted stories based on his experiences as a CX Diamond card member continuously for the last seven years
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| posted by Beer Boy 558 days ago |
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does this all mean I have to surrender my colostomy bag at Immigration???
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| posted by geraldo 558 days ago |
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no, at the security check
immigration only checks your passport
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