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Letters | Hong Kong Rugby Sevens security rules leave fans doing a slow burn
- The change in the rugby weekend from March to April has turned the Sevens from temperate to tropical
- Denying sunscreen to an audience that has a large contingent of supporters prone to sunburn defies health logic. Some flexibility is warranted on containers
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I refer to James Robertson’s letter about over-the-top security checks at last week’s Hong Kong Rugby Sevens tournament (“Sunscreen cream a Sevens security threat?” April 10). I had issues on the Sunday with sunscreen at the stadium. The change in the rugby weekend from March to April has turned the Sevens from temperate to tropical. Denying sunscreen to an audience that has a large contingent of supporters prone to sunburn, is not conducive to public health nor to optimum use of limited health care resources.
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I understand completely that metal canisters of butane within the ground are hazardous, but telling someone that they cannot take sunscreen into the ground in aerosol form is not good form.
Eventually a supervisor of sufficient authority made a judgment call and allowed my pale skin to be protected throughout the tournament – for which I am personally grateful to him. But the totalitarian nature of confiscation of something obviously necessary should stop.
Thomas Chadwick, Kennedy Town
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