Manila Trench – SAI KUNG BUZZ

21 October 2026

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[ 28 September 2026 ] Two Sai Kung entrepreneurs on a mission to make meat, fish and whole foods affordable BUSINESS
[ 18 October 2026 ] Smarter, cheaper, faster: How new fire safety tech is making older buildings safer COMMUNITY
[ 18 October 2026 ] Triads in Sai Kung? New book says they’re boys of the “Water Factory” ACCIDENTS AND CRIME
[ 17 October 2026 ] The Battle of The Wits: Sadie Kaye versus R.N. Morris Battle of The Wits
[ 17 October 2026 ] KMB Route 92R route changes from 17 October TRANSPORT
[ 14 October 2026 ] Shop King family sell another building in Sai Kung HK$123 million, a 53% drop in value DEVELOPMENT

Looking at history, Hong Kong need not worry about tsunamis, but…Manila Trench has frightening potential

17 May 2025 rmedcalf 0

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology says a large quake in the Manila Trench could create a wave 14.7 metres in height. Villages along the shoreline of the Sai Kung peninsula would be hard hit. […]

New Tsunami Warning Centre highlights risk huge wave could decimate our region

27 July 2019 rmedcalf 0

The Manila Trench is the second deepest place on the planet. Every half to a millennia or so it slips and that is not good for us. The Manila Trench has been classified as the highest megathrust earthquake tsunami source by the United States Geological Survey. […]