Policy Address

Emergency Response Strategy for Hong Kong Residents in Distress Outside Hong Kong

151.     Our nation's diplomatic resources provide a firm backing for our emergency response system.  We benefit from frontline assistance rendered by Chinese embassies when our residents are in distress outside Hong Kong.  In the Manila hostage incident, with the staunch support of the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, our support team managed to accomplish its relief tasks promptly.  Drawing from the experience of this incident, the Government will further improve the existing response mechanism to offer better assistance to our residents in distress outside Hong Kong.

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