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    Philipines Travel Warning etc - FINALLY - it comes on an end

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/a...hostage-crisis
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    About time.


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    Oh, they have also dropped the useless black alert.


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    two resolutions had been passed by the Manila government: one for an apology and another to declare July 14 of the Chinese calendar and August 23 of the Gregorian calendar as days of prayer for the victims’ of the tragedy.
    Excellent, it has all been resolved by TP resolving to do absolutely nothing of any use. Bravo Hong Kong! You scored a big one there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:
    Will the Security Bureau still staunchly claim the black travel alert was not politically motivated?

    Very sad for the civil service being made political footballs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HK_Katherine:
    Sadly I have many of the HK Governments announcements of RSS feeds. The spin from the local press means too much reading cheerleading nonsense if you rely on just the papers.

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    Howard Winn nicely sums up the farce that was the black travel alert:

    http://www.scmp.com/business/article...ong-government

    "Obviously the black alert had nothing to do with the security situation in the Philippines but was a cynical abuse of the system. It was a political decision. What effect did it have? True, Hong Kong tourism to the Philippines fell for a while, but that was more likely due to the incident itself rather than the travel alert. After a couple of years the number of Hong Kong tourists to the country was close to pre-hostage levels.

    Using the travel alert system in this way just made the Hong Kong government look stupid and petty. Meanwhile, when asked last year why it maintained this farce, the Security Bureau pretended it was related to personal safety issues. Small wonder people have trouble taking the government seriously when it plays silly games like this. Let's hope it has learned something from this."


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    The good thing now is that it is much safer to rravel to the Philippines.














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    Quote Originally Posted by kimwy66:
    Excellent, it has all been resolved by TP resolving to do absolutely nothing of any use. Bravo Hong Kong! You scored a big one there.
    What would you have them do instead then?

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