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Prohibited Items

For safety and security reasons, dangerous goods such as those listed below, must not be carried in passenger's baggage (checked or unchecked):

• attaché briefcases with installed alarm devices; or incorporate lithium batteries and/or pyrotechnic material;
• explosives, munitions, fireworks and flares;
• compressed gases (flammable, non-flammable or poisonous) such as butane, propane, aqualung cylinders, lighter fuels or refills, aerosols;
• flammable liquids such as paints, thinner, adhesives;
• flammable solids such as "strike anywhere matches" and articles which are easily ignited;
• oxidizing substances such as bleaching powder and peroxides;
• poisons such as arsenic, cyanides, insecticides, weedkillers;
• radioactive materials;
• corrosive materials such as mercury (which may be contained in thermometers or blood pressure gauges), acids, alkalis and wet cell batteries;
• any other substances which, during a flight, present a danger not covered above, such as magnetized, offensive or irritating materials.

Medicines and toiletries in limited quantities which are necessary for your journey, such as hair sprays, perfumes and medicines containing alcohol, may be carried on board. Further information is available on request.

Restricted Article

Please contact our reservations office for further information. Harpoons and spear guns are classified as arms. Examples of a restricted article would include:

• knives (including hunting knives, swords), scissors and any other sharp objects (eg ice-pick) considered illegal by local law and;
• Firearms, including shotguns, air guns, humane killers, bolt guns, flare pistols and starting pistols, ammunition, replica or imitation firearms, cross bows.
• Explosive material, including military, commercial or home-made explosive, explosive devices, detonators, smoke cartridges, grenades, mines and other explosive military ordinance, replica or imitation explosive material or devices.
• Pointed or bladed items made or adapted to cause injury, flick knives, gravity catch knives, stilettos, daggers, kukris, other knives both real or ceremonial with blades of any length or description, including sheath knives, kirpans and skeandhus, open razors, scalpels, ice picks, swords, sword sticks, umbrellas containing sword blades or arrows.
• Items containing incapacitating substances, including tear gas, mace and phosphorous acids.
• Highly inflammable substances (e.g. petrol, lighter fuel, etc.)
• Gas containers and aerosols with a capacity of more than 500 millilitres.
• Knuckle-dusters, clubs, coshes, rice flails.

The importation into Hong Kong of arms and ammunition is governed by laws, which require import licences or permits to be issued in advance by the authorities concerned.