Airport security confiscated an empty water bottle

[NSun]

Yes “sterile” departure lounges at SIN have water fountains to fill your empty water bottle and no secondary search in the aerobridge.

What p….d us off a few years back was at HKG where they confiscated water and bottles on entry to gate lounge then sold us bottles of water in the gate lounge and then after scanning boarding pass and entering the aerobridge they searched everyone’s carry-on again and confiscated the water they just sold us

Last time I went through HKG (12 months ago) it was 'exempt' now. No idea why/what they did to get 'exempt'.

Again, we are the only country that insists on it, 20 years on from 2006. And even if you could justify it 'to keep safe', why only do it from some countries and not others?

 

[million_thanas1968]

Flying HAN-MEL recently, security had cordoned off an area before the gate seating for LAG checks. Person in front had an empty bottle confiscated, they let me keep my metal a5 memobottle.
Had the privilege to be seated next to one of the Indochina leads of a Big 4. Very insightful flight and my 21 years of age were clearly showing but super glad for wisdom they shared. Takes a lot to bear so much responsibility but really grateful he was keen to talk for almost the whole flight, a wonderful down to earth guy.

 

[NSun]

I was on QF68 earlier this week and of course they have the check. The people weren't even looking at our bags as they went through. I get home and as I unpack, I find there was a 500mL bottle of water from a hotel I stayed at that I forgot to take out. Part of me does wonder how it got past the first BLR checkpoint as my bag was pulled aside for forgetting to take out my metal keys (you have to take out all metal items) but no one said anything about the bottle of water. Maybe they scrapped the 100ml limit. But it got by the second checkpoint because no one was watching the screener. Now of course it was just one bottle of water (and I had forgotten I had it), but I never see on the posters that clear bottles of water are exempt.