Originally Posted by
SanDiego1K
It's the same way with Cathay at HKG. We flew thru there a week ago. I had to dump my water can which was nicely filled with ice cubes and tasty water.
It’s not the same at all. You could have cleared security in HKG and went to Mannings in the terminal and bought 10 bottles of water for your flight with no issue getting on the plane with them.
At SIN (Like KUL) and a few other airports the security is done at the gate rather than a centralized location. This means if you buy water at a store in the departure terminal it will be confiscated at the gate. Thankfully they have gotten rid of this at the gate security at T4.
The HKG setup is pretty standard for international to international transit anywhere in the world. The SIN at the gate security is unique.