HONG KONG: Dozens of people were evacuated Monday after a World War II bomb was discovered at a construction site in Hong Kong, near a university campus and staff quarters.

Building workers and residents of a university hall were moved after the 500-pound (227 kg) US-made bomb was unearthed on Pok Fu Lam Road, local news site Apple Daily reported.

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