Bomb Disposal

Second world war bomb found on Mount Davis

18 Jan 2013

Police cordoned off an area of Mount Davis after a wartime bomb was discovered there on Friday afternoon.

6:03PM

6 Jun 2010

The unimaginable has happened. There is a car bomb and the police have been alerted. The bell rings at the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau in Jardine's Lookout and officers scramble into their...

7:15PM

Four cannons found at Admiralty site

19 Sep 2008

Four wartime cannons were unearthed from the former site of Victoria Barracks in Admiralty, driving scores of people from the British consulate and the British Council onto the street while bomb...

10:18AM

False alarm

9 Jul 2008

Police bomb disposal officers investigate after a suspicious bag was found outside the Tsuen Wan office of the Independent Commission Against Corruption yesterday morning.

3:42AM

Smoking 'bomb' found

15 Jun 2008

Police were investigating where an explosive device discovered in Yau Ma Tei last night came from.

11:59PM

Wired device found buried at racetrack

22 Mar 2007

Police say it was not a bomb but the object sparks a security alert hours before a Happy Valley meeting

10:52PM

Opinion

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

Updated 4:03AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

Updated 4:03AM

Heavy burden for women in explosives team

The Hong Kong bomb squad's first woman operator says there are no special physical requirements for women on the team because being able to think quickly under pressure is the most important...

3:51PM

Risky business

'He didn't make a professional error, he just ran out of luck,' said the Hong Kong bomb squad's chief, Dominic Brittain, of former stalwart Norman 'Bomber' Hill.

3:51PM

kevin sinclair's hong kong

Better than new, Norman Hill once chuckled, pulling up his sleeve and proudly displaying his artificial arm. Won't fall off like the last one.

11:44AM

Explosive legacy under our feet

When Penny's Bay was being reclaimed in 2002, a routine part of the engineering works was to remove unexploded bombs from the future Disneyland site. The ordnance was dredged up along with sand...

3:36PM

Tread carefully

A huge cache of second world war bombs and grenades was unearthed a metre beneath a bustling Kowloon street on Saturday, sparking the evacuation of residents until the devices were destroyed in a...

2:15PM

War arsenal detonated in Kowloon

Hundreds of British bombs uncovered in Cheung Sha Wan, some too dangerous to move

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