The “Government-wide Mobilisation” Level under the Enhanced Mobilisation Protocol

In order to respond to major and unexpected incidents more effectively, the Government must maintain a sense of crisis.  Ahead of incidents, the Government should devise deployment plans; as an incident arises, the senior echelon should intervene early and co-ordinate efforts, and should promptly mobilise sufficient manpower across departments when necessary, such that the Government’s efficiency, flexibility and resilience in facing major incidents can be enhanced. 

While the Government has already established a series of comprehensive and effective contingency plans to deal with different emergency situations and there are dedicated departments to handle the related work, the Chief Executive announced in the 2022 Policy Address that the Government would enhance the mobilisation protocol by introducing a “government-wide mobilisation” level, under which a list of designated personnel from various departments would be drawn up in advance to ensure that a quick response unit formed by government employees could be mobilised promptly during major incidents requiring considerable manpower support to provide immense manpower reinforcement.  Drills would also be conducted to strengthen the Government’s emergency response capability.

The Government introduced the “government-wide mobilisation” level in December 2022.  The “government-wide mobilisation” level aims to institutionalise the principle of “early planning and early intervention” in handling emergency situations through setting up a command system, a rostering system and a mobilisation mechanism.