Emergency Exit

17 Feb 2013

David Reid and his son Lewis heard what they thought was a "massive explosion" two hours into Monday's flight on the £250 million (HK$3 billion) Airbus A380. Freezing air blasted in and the cabin...

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Blocked fire exit may trigger charge

23 Apr 2012

The five-star Harbour Grand Hotel in North Point where a thousand guests had to be evacuated during a blaze on Saturday could be prosecuted after firemen confirmed at least one fire exit was...

1:16PM

Residents and witnesses place blame on negligence and graft

22 Sep 2008

Negligence and corruption by local authorities were to blame for the fatal Shenzhen nightclub blaze, residents and witnesses said yesterday.

5:37AM

In case of fire

27 Jul 2005

Imagine a fire alarm ringing in a crowded Macau casino. Perhaps no one would run. In the eyes of a punter, his baccarat game may be a matter of life and death - far more important than any fire...

6:40PM

Unhappy with library's evacuation procedures

30 Jun 2002

On the afternoon of June 20, while I was visiting Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay, the fire alarm went off.

5:37AM

Priority

7 Mar 1999

I would like to respond to the reader who inquired about Cathay Pacific's method for allocating preferred seating (letter headlined, 'Cathay's seats tell a tall story', Sunday Morning Post,...

7:46PM

Opinion

Tom Holland

Attempts to diversify China's reserves have been a disaster

4:45AM

Howard Winn

China is like the EU; provinces are its member states

5:26AM

Cathay's seats tell a tall story

Would Cathay Pacific please explain its criteria for emergency exit seat allocation through these columns.

6:46PM

Warnings issued over blocked exits

WARNINGS have been issued to shopping centres in Causeway Bay for blocking fire exits, after a Sunday Morning Post investigation last week.

8:37PM

Blocked fire exits found at arcades

FIRE exits at department stores and major shopping centres across Hong Kong are obstructed and cluttered with merchandise, maintenance gear and cleaning equipment, a Sunday Morning Post survey has...

5:14PM

Exits locked 'to protect guests'

Emergency exits are locked as a matter of course in cheap hotels in central Shenzhen to protect guests from burglars and street hooligans, according to hotel staff.

4:20PM

Worrying

I AM concerned about the problem of emergency exits on Hong Kong Ferry Company (HKF) ferries. Notices on doors leading to the upper deck remind crew to keep these exits unlocked while passengers...

3:46AM

MTR exits

I RECENTLY noticed a sign in the MTR which read 'emergency exits at the ends of train'.

Does this mean that the MTR trains have only two emergency exits at the ends of the train? If...

5:20AM