CONFIDENTIAL
FOREWORD
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The Internal
Security Guide (ISG) was first issued in 1985 as the successor to the Joint Internal Security Scheme (JISS) of 1981 (which in turn succeeded the Joint Defence Scheme of 1974).
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The ISG describes how the Government would organise and co-ordinate its response to serious or prolonged civil disturbances affecting the stability of Hong Kong.
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It
outlines the methods by which the Government would control all activity which threatens law and order within the Territory.
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It also describes how the Government would maintain the services to the community of Hong Kong, of both its own departments and the essential utility and the transport companies, in order to contain the situation and minimise the effects of the disturbances, whilst a political cure for the causes of the unrest was being sought.
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The ISG is only intended to be a work of reference for those in the Hong Kong Government, the Security Forces and the essential utility and transport companies who may, in future, have to deal with such civil disturbances.
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It does not attempt to be a comprehensive scheme for every conceivable type of disturbance but seeks to
out individual and departmental responsibilities as clearly as possible. It provides a framework for the organisation and a fund of information for use by the many committees and departments to assist them in formulating their plans.
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The ISG has been updated to take account of the many changes which have occurred within Hong Kong since the ISG was first issued. Not least of these is the need to reflect the increased reliance that the Hong Kong Government has placed on its expanded Police Force in dealing with any and all Internal Security threats which Hong Kong possibly could face during the coming years.
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