The Dark Knight, a sequel to the 2005 movie Batman Begins, is filming in Hong Kong in and around Victoria Harbour. But a scene where Batman, played by actor Christian Bale, jumps out of an aeroplane into the sea was scrapped after the water was found to contain high levels of "life-threatening bacteria", the report said.
Hong Kong has one of the worst marine environments in the world, the report quoted Bill Ballantine, a marine biologist, as saying.
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