RESPONSE TO TERRORISM
AND AIRCRAFT HIJACKING
AFFECTING HONG KONG
(SECURITY BRANCH CIRCULAR NO 193)
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INTRODUCTION
the
This
circular supersedes the Policy Directive on
Control of Terrorism (Security Branch Circular No. 8/85) and the Standing Instructions оп Hijacking (Security Branch Standing Instructions SCR 13/951/69 of 1988), which are hereby cancalled.
2.
Hong Kong, like any other cosmopolitan city, is not immune to terrorist attack, Both indigenous and international terrorist organisations have, over the years, developed infra-structures within the region capable of sustaining terrorist aggression that threaten Hong Kong.
DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
3.
that
are
that may
For the purpose of this Directive, terrorism is
defined as: -
(a) the commission or threat of acts of serious
violence which:-
(1) may not be
but which
related to specific demands are directed against the
general interests country;
of a
particular
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