Security Hong Kong Magazine Issue 18, 2010 by LEAP Design Studio

Issue 18, 2010

網上恐佈主義: 對美國的衝擊

Asian Securitex 2010

Cyber Terrorism:

The region’s top trade show returns

亞洲保安及安全系統展覽及會議2010 區內最頂尖的貿易展覽回歸

Shockwave in the USA

Biosecurity Safeguard against an apocalypse?

生物安全捍衛末世？

The premier magazine of the security industry in Hong Kong & Macau

SECURITY 香港保安

Edition 18, 2010

Contents

Hong Kong

Cover Story

Shock Wave – or just bad vibrations? 是衝擊，或只是環境動盪? A nationally broadcast terrorist ”attack” on the Internet in the USA created a ground swell of unexpected responses 美國全國性的互聯網恐怖「襲擊」，製造了大量未能預計的回應。

Feature

Biosecurity: between Earth and an apocalypse 地球與末世之間 Terrorism and war get the big headlines, but biological threats to the world are far more dangerous and deadly 恐怖主義及戰爭經常成為頭條，但對世界造成威脅的生物戰更危險及致命

Profile

Bomb’s away! 炸彈消失!

The Dominic Brittain Interview Dominic Brittain 專訪

Editorial Comment

Industry Events

Industry News

HKSA Membership News

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Editorial Comment

Moving with the times 通訊新紀元

n January 29, 2010, I had the honour of signing a purchase agreement with the Hong Kong Security Association (HKSA) by which my company took over full ownership and rights to Security Hong Kong magazine. The agreement is a natural evolution for the magazine, and will enable it to grow at a pace that matches the rapid expansion and changes that are taking place in the security industry.

Keeping pace with this change is a daunting task for anyone in the industry, or who is an end-user of security. The demand for up-to-date, accurate information is at a premium. At Security Hong Kong, providing such information is our key role; and our goal is to ensure this information is accurate, reliable and covers the whole spectrum of the security industry. In order to do that we are now upgrading Security Hong Kong in frequency, size and quality, and introducing a broader array of media and communication channels. Security Hong Kong will now appear bi-monthly, and be supported by supplements and special guides. It will also be distributed to a far wider audience of corporations and business people involved in security. We are developing a high-performance web site, and this will be supported by other forms of electronic communication that will give

“In recent years, the security industry has developed and diversified at an extraordinary rate, with segments such as IT security, biosecurity, risk mitigation, protection of intellectual property rights and compliance becoming a standard part of the corporate security mix” A vital element of the agreement was the continuance of our relationship with the HKSA, and the confirmation that the HKSA will continue to be actively involved in the magazine, and will continue to give their support. In recent years, the security industry has developed and diversified at an extraordinary rate, with segments such as IT security, biosecurity, risk mitigation, protection of intellectual property rights and compliance becoming a standard part of the corporate security mix. Even the more conventional security services – guarding, access and perimeter control, fire prevention and protection, and protection of personnel – have been changed beyond recognition by new technology and new laws.

us unprecedented reach and real-time delivery of information. We will organize seminars and forums, and generally do whatever is required to make sure that our industry has access to the information that it needs. To ensure quality, we will use experts in the various fields we cover, encourage debate and opinion, and always work towards reaching an ever an everbroader market – notably across the border in the People’s Republic of China. In this first edition of our new development path, we have focused on some of the new segments that will shape the future of the industry – and the world. These are IT security and biosecurity. They are an indication of what it is to come as we move into a new age. We hope you enjoy these articles and look forward to any comments and suggestions you may have.

010年1月29日，我有幸與香港保安業協會 (HKSA) 簽署購買協議，讓本公司全權擁有 Security Hong Kong 雜誌。該協議是雜誌的自然進化，並讓雜誌的步伐能追上保安業的急速發展及轉變。該協議的重要元素是我們與HKSA之間的關係會繼續，而 HKSA確定會繼續積極參與雜誌的運作及支援。近年來，保安業以驚人的速度發展及擴充業務，並以 IT 保安、生物安全、風險管理、知識產權的保障作為企業保安的標準部分。即使是最傳統的保安功能 – 護衛服務、出入及週邊控制、確保人身安全 – 均被新科技及新法例變得面目全非。要與這種改變同步，對本行業任何人或保安的直接用戶而言都是艱巨的工作，對資訊要求最新而準確，超乎平常的標準。於Security Hong Kong中，我們會以提供這些資訊作主要作用，目的是要提供保安業界整個範疇準確、可靠而深入的資訊。要達到目標，我們不但在雜誌的出版率、大小及質素有所提升，更會利用更廣泛的傳媒及溝通媒體。Security Hong Kong 現在以雙月刊形式出版，並會有補充及特刊，將會分派到更多企業的讀者及涉及保安業的商務人士。我們迅速建立了高效能的網站，並由其他電子通訊的形式支援，將會讓我們觸及前所未有的範圍及提供即時通訊。我們將舉辦座談會及論壇，確保業界有所需的資料。為確保雜誌質素，我們將會在不同的範圍諮詢專家，鼓勵辯論及意見，向不斷擴大的市場進發，特別在中華人民共和國的市場。第一期有關我們的發展路向，準備時間不多，但決定集中於某些會塑造業界及全球未來的新科技，這些新科技就是IT、IT保安及生物安全。這些只是我們步入新世代的指標，希望你會樂在其中，並歡迎向我們提供任何意見及建議。

Robert Houston, Publisher & editor 出版及編輯 SECURITY NEWS 3

Cover Story

封面故事

Shock Wave – or just bad vibrations? 是衝擊，或只是環境動盪? A nationally broadcast terrorist ”attack” on the Internet in the USA created a ground swell of unexpected responses by Terry Duckham 美國全國性的互聯網恐怖「襲擊」，製造了大量未能預計的回應。

文：Terry Duckham

BPC

In the “War Room” and facing the crisis. The organizers of Cyber Shockwave – the Bipartican Policy Centre in the USA – were able to put together an impressive list of political and academic heavyweights to play the various roles in the “War Cabinet” Cyber Shockwave的主辦者 – 美國的Bipartican Policy Centre於「作戰室」面對危機，能將政治及學術上的重要人物湊合，在「戰時內閣」參與不同的角色

he simulation of a massive cyber attack on the United States was played out in real time in front of a media audience and television cameras in Washington D.C. this February. The following weekend it was broadcast nation-wide in a much-hyped two hour CNN news cast. The simulation, entitled Cyber Shockwave, generated considerable shockwaves of its own, and caused a frenzy of blogging and twittering by concerned netizens and others. Much of it was highly critical, and concerned with what many felt was a disturbing attempt to scare citizens and coerce politicians, all the way up to the President, into relinquishing civil liberties and constitutional rights to defend against an over-hyped national security threat. The event was created to highlight the dangers of cyber terrorism, and to provide an unprecedented look at how the US government might develop a real-time response to such a large-scale cyber crisis. Sponsored by the Bipartisan Policy Centre (BPC)*, and scripted by Michael Hayden, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with the

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BPC’s National Security Preparedness Group, Cyber ShockWave demonstrated how shockingly unprepared the US is to deal with such a threat – or did it? Critics saw it as a heavy handed, reactionary reality show featuring a group of (mostly) former Bush administration and national security officials playing the roles of Cabinet members in a war game simulation that was likened, by one concerned blogger, to Peter Sellers’ performance in Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 black comedy, Dr. Strangelove. Others pointed out the similarities to popular television, movie and bestseller plots. The simulation envisioned an attack that unfolds over a single day in July, 2011. By the time the National Security Council convenes to face the crisis, 20 million of the nation’s smart phones are already dead. The attack, launched by malware hidden in a popular basketball application, had been planted in phones months earlier. As the scenario unfolds

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年二月，模擬美國大型的網絡襲擊即時於華盛頓媒體受眾及電視攝錄機前播放，接著的週末於大肆宣傳的二小時 CNN新聞中作全國性廣播。稱為Cyber Shockwave的摸擬，本身已造成一定程度的衝擊，並引致關注事件的網民及其他人瘋狂在網誌及 Twitter上討論。討論大部分均具強烈批判性，認為是明目張膽的嘗試，令市民受驚，強迫從政者以至總統放棄民生自由及憲法權利，以維護過分誇大的國家安全威脅。

事件的發生是要強調網絡恐怖主義的危險，並就美國政府面對如此大型的網絡危機如何作出即時應變，提供前所未有的看法。由 Bipartisan Policy Centre (BPC)* 贊助，中央情報局前總監Michael Hayden 撰寫，聯同 B P C 的國家安全預備小組， Cyber ShockWave 顯示了毫無準備的美國如何應付此威脅 – 或者它有應付過嗎？

* The Bipartisan Policy Centre (BPC) is a US political think tank and lobby group formed by former US senators Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell.

* The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) 是一間由前參議院多數黨領袖Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole 及 George Mitchell。

the attack escalates, disrupting mobile and landline services for millions and disabling computerized services and infrastructure. Two unexplained bombs destroy electric power stations and gas pipelines, crippling the power grid, transport, ATMs, finance and other essential services. Then, just when you think it can’t get any worse, a monster hurricane slams into the Gulf Coast . . . The ‘cabinet members’, whose mission is to advise the President and mount a response to the attack, did not know the scenario in advance. They reacted to the threat in real time, as intelligence and news reports on large screens behind them drove the simulation.

collective liberties in preparation for such an attack. Notably, the panel failed to recognize the role of the private sector until well into the second hour. There was also no consultation with experts in network security, hacking, social media, mobile technology and IT architecture; and little or no use was made of real government and military agencies who are actively planning and training for such scenarios, and who deal with cyber crime and breaches on a daily basis. Cyberspace security is an evolving system that entails both the private sector and government agencies (and not just US government agencies) working

“All responses underlined a firm belief in the need to extend government control at the expense of individual and collective liberties . . .” Their responses were one dimensional and predictable. They also demonstrated a worrying lack of understanding of how cyberspace and the Internet function. Responses included nationalizing power companies, federalizing the national guard, rationing fuel supplies, closing down the Internet (is that possible?), shutting down cell phone services, and launching strategic strikes on suspected nations or individuals behind the attack — predictably enough, targeting the US’s old cold war nemesis, Russia; and Sudan, the new bad boy nation in Africa. All responses underlined a firm belief in the need to extend government control at the expense of individual and

Smart strategy: A malicious virus was implanted in millions of web-based phones around the USA 明智的策略：美國數以百萬計的網絡電話被人植入惡意的病毒

together and sharing resources. To leave these sectors and organizations out of the response options was a very serious oversight. US Senators John Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe are currently pushing relevant new legislation through the US Senate. Known as the Cybersecurity Act, S. 773, it will give the federal government unprecedented authority over the nation’s critical infrastructure – though it falls short of giving the President the power to unilaterally shut down all private IT networks during emergencies. (See our sidebar item “Supporting roles & benefits”). ”My view is that cyber security issues transcend the protection of personal data or networks from hackers or even organized crime,“ said Michael Chertoff, former Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, and the man who played the part of the National Security advisor in Cyber ShockWave. “Rather,” he continued, “cyber warfare is a major national security issue — protecting the security and freedom of our networks is as critical as protecting the freedom of the seas and space. As Congress debates competing legislative proposals to marshal our government’s resources in this critical conflict, Cyber ShockWave provided important benchmarks to guide these deliberations.”

評論家認為是冷酷、反動的真人表演，被一名關注的博客比作 Peter Seller於 1964年在 Stanley Kubrick的黑色喜劇Dr. Strangelove中的演出，以一群(大部分)前布殊行政及國家安全官員扮演模擬戰爭遊戲中內閣成員的角色。其他人亦指出與受歡迎的電視節目、電影及暢銷書情節的相同之處。該模擬想像於 2011年 7 月某天展開的襲擊，那時國家安全委員會召開會議以應付危機，全國二千萬部智能手機已廢棄。由藏於一個流行的籃球應用程式內的惡意軟件開始的襲擊，在數個月前已植入手機內。隨著襲擊不斷擴大，中斷了數以百萬計的流動及固網服務，並停止了電腦化服務及架構。兩枚原因不詳的炸彈破壞發電站及氣體管道、毁壞電網、交通、 ATMs、財務及其他必需服務。當你認為情況無法再差時，一股怪物颶風猛擊墨西哥灣海岸 . . . 那些「內閣成員」的使命是要就襲擊向總統提出建議及作出回應，他們事前並不知道劇情，需要在他們後面的大銀幕上負責模擬的情報人員及新聞報導，即時就威脅作出反應。他們的回應是膚淺而預期的，亦展示了對網上世界及互聯網功能的貧乏認知，情況令人擔憂。他們的回應包括將電力公司國有化、警衛隊聯邦化、對燃料供應實行配給制、關閉互聯網(可能嗎?)、關閉手機服務及對可疑的國家及個人展開策性攻擊 ─ 估計應該足夠，目標是美國過去冷戰的報應–俄羅斯，及非洲新興的壞男孩國家–蘇丹。所有回應均突顯一個牢固的信念，認為需要將政府的控制擴展至個人及集體自由，為此等襲擊作出準備。進入第二個小時前，討論小組很大程度上未能認清私人機構的角色，此外亦未有就網絡安全、非法入侵、社會媒體、流動技術及IT架構諮詢專家意見，他們的建議亦對為此等情況作積極計劃及培訓的政府及軍事機構和日常處理網上罪案及違規的人沒有太大作用。網絡安全是不斷進化的系統，需要私人公司及政府機構(而且不只是美國政府機構)一起合作及分享資源。如忽視這些公司及機構的回應權，會是嚴重的疏忽。美國參議員 John Rockefeller及 Olympia Snowe 現正透過美國參議 SECURITY NEWS 5

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Critics of Cyber Shockwave have a very different opinion: “The U.S. federal government is not where the action is on cyber security,” countered Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies at the CATO Institute, in his ‘Cyberwave Fails’ blog. “It is the responsibility of coders, device manufacturers, network operators,

Leaving the constitutional and civil liberties issues aside, few security professionals dispute that critical internet-based infrastructure is vulnerable to terrorist sabotage and criminal cyber attacks, and such an attack could disrupt or disable large sections of, not just the US economy, but the entire global economy and infrastructure. But they also point out

“Security professionals dispute whether terrorists currently have the capability to mount such sophisticated attacks, and whether such attacks would be more effective than their current modus operandi . . “

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data holders, and ordinary computer users. The CNN broadcast of this event misled viewers into thinking that cyber security is the government’s responsibility and that the government will lead any response to security failures.” Kirk McElhearn, in his review of Dan Verton’s book, Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of Cyber-Terrorism, agrees: “If a cyber-terrorist attack of this magnitude were to occur, it is unlikely that the US government would be in the front line . . . power outages would certainly not last for months, and businesses would not be forced to close their doors . . . The community of thousands, even millions of Internet users and programmers would certainly mobilize to stave off the attack and limit the damage.”

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the poor track record of governments in defending their networks, and worry that the measures, driven by political agendas and misinformation, could end up making matters worse. Security professionals also dispute whether terrorists currently have the capability to mount such sophisticated attacks, and whether such attacks would be more effective than the terrorists’ current modus operandi of physical violence and threat. In the last ten years, according to the National Counterterrorism Center’s Worldwide Incidents Tracking Database, there have been 63,192 incidents of terrorism, but not one incident of cyber terrorism. But if they were to try a cyber attack, how much damage could really be inflicted, over what time period, and ultimately how disastrous would it be? Al-Qaeda was able to inflict a massive loss of lives and a devastating blow to the American psyche for less than US$500,000 and using box cutters as a primary weapon. To date, the events of 911 have cost the US and its allies an estimated $2.5 trillion in direct military and covert operations. Economists have estimated that the 2003 Northeast Blackout, a power failure caused by fallen trees, which left 50 million people in the United States and Canada without power for four days, cost less than $10 billion – a drop in the bucket by comparison.

Counter-attack: some say hackers would provide a line of defense in a malicious web strike. 反擊：有些人說黑客會在惡意的網絡戰中提供防衛綫

院推行新的相關法例，網上安全法 S.773 雖然未能讓總統在危急時能夠單方面關閉所有私營IT網絡，卻可給予聯邦政府在國家關鍵的基建上有前所未有的權力。(請參看花絮新聞「輔助角色及成效」) 「我認為網上安全的問題超出個人資料保障、保護網絡免受入侵的意義，甚至涉及有組織的罪案問題。」國土安全部前秘書及在Cyber ShockWave 中作為國家安全顧問的Michael Chertoff 說道，「反之，網絡衝突是重要的國家安全問題 — 保障我們網絡的安全及自由如同保護海洋及太空一樣重要。當國會辯論完成立法建議，在這次重要衝突中安排政府資源時，Cyber ShockWave 提供重要的基準，指引這些審議。」 Cyber Shockwave 的評論家有十分不同的意見：「網上安全的行動不該靠美國聯邦政府。」卡托研究所的訊息政策研究總監Jim Harper 於其「Cyberwave 失敗」的網誌中反駁：「那是編碼員、設備生產商、網絡操作員、資料持有者及普通的電腦用家的責任，CNN 廣播此事件誤導觀眾認為網上安全是政府的責任，而政府會就任何安全問題作出應變。」 Kirk McElhearn在對Dan Verton 的書Black Ice: The Invisible Threat of CyberTerrorism的評論中同意到：「若有如此重大的網上恐怖主義襲擊發生，美國政府不可能在前線 . . . 電力中斷應不會只維持數月，商業活動不會被迫關門 . . . 數以千計甚至百萬計的網絡用家及程式員會組織起來，擊退襲擊及限制損毀。」除開憲法及民生自由的問題，有些安全專家爭論，重要的互聯網基建容易受恐怖主義者的蓄意破壞及刑事網上攻擊，而這些攻擊可以令不只美國，而是全球經濟及基建大部分被打亂或停止。但他們亦指出政府在維護網絡上過往記錄不良，憂慮由政治議程及錯誤訊息發動的措施，可能最終令情況變得更差。安全專家亦爭論恐怖主義者現時是否有能力組織如此精密的攻擊，而這些攻擊是否比他們現時實際的暴亂及襲擊方法更有效。根據國家反恐中心的全球事件追踪數據庫，過去十年有 63,192 宗恐怖襲擊，卻沒有一宗網上的恐怖襲擊。但如果他們嘗試進行網上襲擊，會引致多少損失？歷時多久而最終會有多嚴重？阿爾蓋達只需少於 $500,000 美元及以美工刀作主要武

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Big and vulnerable: most of the utility services in the US – and throughout the western world – are managed and maintained by computer systems. A malicious cyber attack has the potential to cripple or close down many of these essential services, such as power. 大型卻容易受攻擊：美國及西方國家大部分的公用事業服務均由電腦系統管理及維持，惡意的網上攻擊有可能令這些重要服務如電力受到破壞或停止

“For al-Qaeda to do any real damage with cyber attacks, it would need to make a multi-year investment in developing offensive cyber capabilities, and would need a secure facility and advance test bed from which to do it,” writes Robert Knake, International Affairs Fellow in Residence at the Council for Foreign Relations, in his recent paper, “Cyberterrorism Hype v Fact”, published on Februrary 16, just two days before the debut of Cyber ShockWave. “Only a handful of sophisticated nation states currently have the ability to carry out a devastating cyber strike. In his assessment of the People’s Liberation Army Modernization program, Blair (Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair) briefly noted that “China’s aggressive cyber activities pose challenges. It’s true that China, Russia, and other countries’ capabilities do pose a real threat. Luckily, these countries also have vulnerable systems, as well as a lot to lose, in any conflict, cyber or otherwise.” The Nimda worm, released in September of 2001, became the Internet’s most widespread virus in just 22 minutes, but was estimated to have caused less than $3 billion in damage and lost productivity worldwide. At this point in time the Internet’s biggest threat to public security is the ease of international communication that it offers, and the opportunity for

terrorists and criminals to hide their messages amidst the infinite volume of traffic. “The worry right now is not so much a cyber terrorism event,” said Don Cavender, a special agent and instructor with the FBI’s Computer Training Unit at Quantico, “but when the terrorists use the Internet to facilitate the planning of attacks.” How quickly the cyber terrorism threat will escalate as the next generation of ‘digital age’ terrorists mature remains to be seen, but it is unlikely that politically motivated reality shows, promoting former administration officials, will provide the answers.

器，就可以令大量生命失去，打擊美國人的心靈。直到現在， 911 事件令美國及其盟國在直接軍事及轉營運作上花費約2.5萬億美元。經濟學家估計2003 由倒塌樹木引致的東北停電事件，令美國及加拿大5000萬人電力中斷四天，花去少於一百億美元，相比之下實在是九牛一毛。「如阿爾蓋達要以網上攻擊作為任何實際損毁手段，需要在發展網絡攻擊能力上作多年投資，並要具備安全的設施及先進測試點。」外交關係理事會的常駐國際事務研究員 Robert Knake 在近期的文章“Cyberterrorism Hype v Fact” 提到，該文於2月16日刊登，剛好是首次Cyber ShockWave的前兩天。「只有少數先進的國家現時有能力進行毁滅性的網上攻擊，在其對人民解放軍現代化項目評估中，貝雷爾 ( 國家情報總監Dennis Blair) 簡單說明「中國侵略性的網上活動」引起挑戰。中國、俄羅斯及其他國家能引起威脅的能力不容置疑，可幸是這些國家亦存在容易受到攻擊的系統，在任何衝突中，不論網上或其他衝突，亦會遭受很大損失。」 2001年九月發放的Nimda蠕蟲，成為互聯網上在22分鐘內蔓延最快的病毒，但估計只導致30億美元的損失及全球生產力受影響。同時，即使沒有任何攻擊，亦有一些互聯網漏洞。1997年，簡單的人為錯誤而非罪案或恐怖主義襲擊，一名技術員改了兩行編碼，幾乎令整個全球性網絡崩潰。後果不太嚴重，也歷時不長，實際上只花了數個小時便將問題解決。此時互聯網對公眾安全最大的威脅，是其所提供的自由國際溝通，令恐怖主義者及罪犯有機會在大量網上活動中隱藏其訊息。「現時對網上恐怖主義事件並不太憂慮，」於提科FBI電腦訓練組一名特別的代理及導師Don Cavender說：「但當恐怖主義者使用互網策劃襲擊時就必須留意。」網上恐怖主義襲擊成為下一代「電子時代」的恐怖主義的速度會有多快，仍有待觀察，但是以政治為動機來宣傳前行政官員的真人秀，似乎不大可能給出問題的答案。

The closure of the heavily automated banking and financial services would quickly cause chaos. 高度自動化的銀行及金融服務停業，很快會造成混亂

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封面故事 Cast of conservatives: many – though certainly not all – of the “war committee” were ex-staff members from the Bush administration. 保守派的角色：「戰爭委員會」中很多人，但當然不是所有人曾是布殊政權的前僱員

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The Cyber ShockWave Cast • Michael Chertoff, Former Secretary of Homeland Security, as National Security Advisor • Fran Townsend, Former White House Homeland Security Advisor, as Secretary of Homeland Security • J. Bennett Johnston, Former Senator (D-LA), as Secretary of Energy • John Negroponte, Former Director of National Intelligence, as Secretary of State • Jamie Gorelick, Former Director of National Intelligence, as Attorney General Former Deputy Attorney General • Joe Lockhart, Former White House Press Secretary, as Counselor to the President • John McLaughlin, Former Acting Director of Central Intelligence, as Director of National Intelligence • Stephen Friedman, Former Director of the National Economic Council, as Secretary of Treasury • Stewart Baker, Former National Security Agency General Counsel, as Cyber Coordinator • Charles Wald, Former Deputy Commander of U.S. European Command, as Secretary of Defense

Supporting roles and benefits Cyber ShockWave was sponsored by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, SMobile Systems, Southern Company, Georgetown University and PayPal, with contributions from Symantec Corporation. It is also worth noting that: • Hot on the heels of Cyber Shockwave, 8 SECURITY NEWS

major sponsor Smobile released its new Secure Mobility Management Solution designed for the new generation of smart phones and intended for government and enterprise level clients. • The Cybersecurity Act, S. 773, the bill co-sponsored by US Senators John Rockefeller and Olympia Snowe, was approved during a Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing on March 24 and is a step closer to becoming law. Another bill that would create a national cyber security adviser position — the National Cybersecurity Advisor Act, S.778 — is still pending before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. • In February, the House passed its own cyber security bill, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009 (HR 4061), first introduced by Rep. Daniel Lipinski last year. That bill funds research and development for a comprehensive cyber security plan that would involve the co-operation of several federal agencies. On a lighter note, it appears that it wasn’t just the panel of former administration officials who got it wrong. An observant Marcus Sachs, Director of SANS Internet Storm Centerwatch noted that the two animated maps, showing the cell phone outages and electric grid failures, prominently featured in either side of the television screens, Hollywood war room style, were bogus. The cell phone maps show “green” where there is 100 percent operation, including many areas of the US where there is no coverage at all; and the power grid map was actually a map of the highway system, that blacked out as the attack escalated.

• Michael Chertoff, 國土安全部前秘書為國家安全顧問  • Fran Townsend, 前白宮國土安全顧問為國土安全部秘書  • J. Bennett Johnston, 前參議員(D-LA)為 Energy秘書  • John Negroponte, 前國家情報總監為國務卿  • Jamie Gorelick, 前國家情報總監為司法部長 前司法部長 • Joe Lockhart, 前白宮新聞秘書為總統顧問 • John McLaughlin, 前中央情報署理總監為國家情報總監  • Stephen Friedman, 前國家經濟委員會總監為財政部長 • Stewart Baker, 前國家安全局總法律顧問為網絡協調員  • Charles Wald, 前美國歐洲司令部署理司令官為國防部長

輔助角色及成效 Cyber ShockWave 由 General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, SMobile Systems, Southern Company, Georgetown University及 PayPal 贊助，並由 Symantec Corporation 捐助。此外亦值得留意： • 緊接 Cyber Shockwave，其主要贊助商 Smobile 公佈其新推出、為新一代智能手機而設的安全流動管理方案，目標為政府及企業級的客戶。 • 網絡安全法案 S. 773, 該法案由美國參議員John Rockefeller 及Olympia Snowe 共同提案，於 3月 24日一次商務、科學及交通委員會聽審中通過，成為法例又近了一步。國家網絡安全顧問法案 S.778是另一個創立國家網絡安全顧問職位的法案，仍在國土安全和政府事務上的參議院委員會待決。 • 白宮於二月通過其網絡安全法案 2009 的網絡安全加強法(HR 4061)，先由Rep. Daniel Lipinski 於去年提出，該法案為全面的網絡安全計劃的研究及發展提供撥款，計劃將涉及數個聯邦機構的合作。至少這些不只是一些作錯誤決定的前行政官員的討論會，善於觀察的SANS Internet Storm Centerwatch總監 Marcus Sachs注意到兩幅模擬地圖，顯示手機停用及電網故障，在電視螢幕上的其中一邊特寫，荷里活作戰室的風格都是假的。手機百分百運作時，地圖顯示「綠色」，包括美國很多幾乎沒有網絡的地區，而電力網地圖實際是公路系統的地圖，襲擊升級時會被中斷。

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Biosecurity: between Earth and an apocalypse 地球與末世之間 Terrorism and war get the big headlines, but biological threats to the world are far more dangerous and deadly by James Conan

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恐怖主義及戰爭經常成為頭條，但對世界造成威脅的生物戰更危險及致命文：James Conan Plague, one of the “Four Riders of the Apocalypse” is an old and feared opponent. 瘟疫是「四騎士啟士錄」之一，是從前可怕的對手

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物安全是傳統用於農業的字眼，但近年一連串的生物事件將之推上食物鏈。現在已是政府官員、保健員及在不同範疇的保安專家基本詞彙中的潮語. . . 值得人們不斷加倍留意。

簡單地說，生物安全現包括保護人、動物及環境﹐免受傳染病、害蟲及其他生物威脅，包括轉基因生物及生物武器。全球衛生政策的優先課題，似乎需要創新及前所未有的方案。假如方向錯了，將會有致命的後果，因此非常富挑戰性。那牽涉複雜及多方面的程序，而有效及全方位的生物安全措施的關鍵仍有待發掘。生物醫學研究及公眾教育的日益成果、醫療保健的充裕準備、適當的應變策略、於全球健康政府、法例、防守及應變程序上，政府之間及機構之間合作的改進，這些均對制定方案有影響。過往動物群及農作物容易因疾病變種而感染，但自從人類不做獵人，改作農夫耕作，住在固定而接近家禽的地方，當不同的植物或動物傳染的疾病變種，他們也有風險受到感染。

Biological weapons have been used on battlefields since ancient times. This sophisticated unit is the US military’s Biological Integrated Detection System (BIDS) for mobile battlefield use, and consists of a shelter and biological “detection suite” of equipment mounted on a Humvee 穿上制服的生物戰士：生物劑的毒性非常可怕，安全服務人員需要於隔離的環境工作，並使用特別的器材，穿上極度保護性的衣物，但風險仍然很高。

Sgt James Lillee, Massachusetts National Guard

iosecurity is a term that has been traditionally used in agriculture, but in recent years a series of biological events has moved it up the food chain. It’s now the newest buzz word in the essential lexicon of government bureaucrats, health care officials and security professionals working across a broad spectrum of disciplines . . . and deserves the everincreasing attention that it’s getting. Biosecurity, simply put, now covers the protection of people, animals and the environment from in fe c t i o u s d i s e a s e s , p e s t s a n d other biological threats, including genetically modified organisms and biological weapons. It has emerged as a major global health priority for which innovative and unprecedented solutions are required. It is an extremely challenging problem, with – if we get wrong – potentially deadly consequences. It involves complex and multi-faceted processes, and the key to an effective, all-encompassing biosecurity strategy is still to be found. Solutions will depend on the increased effectiveness of biomedical research and public education, enhanced healthcare preparedness, appropriate response strategies, and improved inter-government and inter-agency cooperation on global health policies, laws, defense and response procedures. Historically, herds of animals and crops were always prone to pandemics caused by a remarkable variety of

diseases. But as human beings moved from being hunters and gathers to farmers who cultivated crops and lived in fixed, close proximity to domesticated animals, they too became at risk, and various plant or animal-borne diseases mutated and began to infect them. When new species and diseases eventually find their way into environments and societies that have not been previously exposed to them, and which don’t have any natural defenses or natural immunities, the results are usually catastrophic. Historically, encounters between European explorers and indigenous populations in the rest of the world often resulted in local epidemics of extraordinary virulence. Disease killed the entire native population of the Canary Islands in the 16th century, and in 1518 half the native population of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican

Biosecurity warriors in uniform: the fearsome toxicity of biological agents requires security services personnel to work in quarantined environments using special equipment and wearing ultra-protective clothing. Still the risks are high. 穿上制服的生物戰士：生物劑的毒性非常可怕，安全服務人員需要於隔離的環境工作，並使用特別的器材，穿上極度保護性的衣物，但風險仍然很高。

republic) was killed by smallpox. Smallpox also ravaged Mexico in the 1520s, killing 150,000 in Tenochtitlán alone, including the emperor. Measles killed a further two million Mexican natives in the 1600s. In 1618–1619, smallpox wiped out 90% of the Massachusetts Bay Native Americans; then, during the 1770s, killed at least 30% of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans. Further smallpox epidemics in 1780–1782 and 1837– 1838 brought devastation and drastic depopulation amongst the Plains Indians. Some believe that the deaths of up to 95% of the Native American population of the New World was caused by Old World diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza.

easily accessible, high-speed air, rail and sea transport, biological threats have reached epic proportions. The 1918 flu pandemic, known as the Spanish Flu, lasted from March, 1918 to June, 1920 and spread throughout the world, even reaching the Arctic and remote Pacific islands. Between 50 and 100 million people died, making it the deadliest natural disaster in human history. AIDS is fast overtaking that chilling record. HIV went directly from Africa to Haiti, then spread to the United States and much of the rest of the world in the late 1970s and early 1980s. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is currently a pandemic, with infection rates as

“ . . . biotechnology will create biological weapons of unique and unpredictable characteristics that will be unstoppable if unleashed on an unprepared world” As the world’s population grew, and transportation advanced to allow greater trade and cross-cultural contact, the risks of diseases being carried across borders and continents – with subsequent biological incidents – multiplied exponentially. Diseases such as stem rust, rinderpest, foot and mouth disease, bubonic plague, syphillis, smallpox, cholera and influenza no longer devastated just a few isolated pockets of domesticated animals, crops or human beings: they now reached across the oceans to ravage vast numbers of each, sometimes at the same time. Despite the advances of medical science, in today’s world of rapid globalization and

high as 25% in southern and eastern Africa. AIDS could kill 31 million people in India and 18 million in China by 2025, according to United Nations projections; and in Africa the death toll may reach 90-100 million by 2025. In 1989 mad cow disease infected 180,000 cattle in Britain – the country worst hit by this pandemic. A total of 4.4 million cattle were slaughtered to stop the disease spreading to humans who ate the flesh of infected cattle, but by 2009 a new variant of the disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, had killed 166 people. H5N1, commonly known as Bird Flu, has been responsible for the

當新品種及疾病初滲入社群中，社區並未有天然屏障或免疫力，後果往往很嚴重。. 過往歐洲探險者與世界其他地方的土著居民經常感染有強大病毒的本土疾病。十六世紀疾病令加那利島所有人口死亡，1518 年，伊斯帕尼奧拉島(海地/多米利加共和國)一半人口因天花而死亡。天花亦於1520年代在墨西哥肆虐，單在特諾奇蒂特蘭已令150,000 人死亡，包括皇帝在內。麻疹於1600年代再令二百萬墨西哥人死亡，1618–1619年，天花殺掉90% 麻州灣的本土美國人，1770 年代，殺掉至少30% 太平洋西北的本土美國人。1780–1782 及1837–1838的天花嚴重令平原印第安人的人口急速減少。有些人認為新世界中本土美國人口達95% 死亡，是因舊世界的疾病如天花、麻疹和流感。隨著世界人口不斷增加，交通發達，有更多的貿易及跨文化接觸，疾病穿州過省的風險增加，導致其後的生物事件以指數方式遞增。莖銹病、牛瘟、手足口病、腺鼠疫、梅毒、天花、霍亂及流感等疾病，不再只影響少數家禽、農作物或人類，現時已越洋大量入侵每一種類，有時甚至同時受感染。即使醫學科學有進步，在現今快速全球化的世界，及容易乘搭、高速的海陸空交通，令生物威脅佔了很大的比例。 1918 年的流感稱為西班牙流感，由 1918年三月至1920年六月，傳遍全球，甚至到北極圈及偏遠的太平洋島嶼。約有5000至 10000萬人死亡，令該疾病成為人類歷史上最致命的天災。 AIDS 快速超越那令人毛骨悚然的記錄，HIV直接由非洲到海地，再於1960年代及1970年代初，傳到美國及世界大部分其他國家。HIV是引致AIDS的病毒，現在是一種疾病，於非洲南部及東部的感染率高達25%。根據聯合國預測，到了 2025年，AIDS可以令印度 3100萬人及中國 1800萬人死亡，非洲的死亡人數更可能達到9000-10000萬。 1989瘋牛症令英國180,000 頭牛受感染，英國是最受此疾病影響的國家。共有440萬頭牛要牢殺，以制止人類因吃了受感染的牛肉而受感染。但於2009 年，該傳染病有新的變種 – 克雅二氏，令166人死亡。 H5N1一般稱為禽流感，在亞洲、歐洲及非洲國家已不斷有數以百萬計的家禽因此而死亡。H5N1 首次於1987 年爆發，已不斷有HPAI H5N1 禽島傳人的個案，有時甚至導致嚴重及致命的感染。到目前為止，在12個國家中約有270人因H5N1死亡，由於疾病日漸強大和致命，衛生當局更關注其蔓延及變種。 S E C U R I T Y N E W S 11

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deaths of millions of poultry fowl in a growing number of countries throughout Asia, Europe and Africa. Since the first H5N1 outbreak occurred in 1987, there has been an increasing number of HPA1 H5N1 bird-to-human transmissions, sometimes leading to severe and fatal infections. To date, some 270 humans in 12 countries have died from H5N1, but health authorities are even more concerned that as it spreads and mutates, it is becoming more potent and far more lethal. SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), was home grown across the border in Guangzhou, and threatened to bring Hong Kong to a stand still in 2002-3. As a result of a chance meeting of strangers in an elevator in a Kowloon Hotel - one of whom was a doctor from Guangzhou who had been treating patients in China and had become infected himself - SARS was also spread across the globe. A total of 8,098 people worldwide were soon infected, and 774 died - including a number of health care professionals in Hong Kong and China. The disease was finally brought under control and contained in July, 2003. But the SARS outbreak was remarkable not just because of the virulence and rapid spread of the disease: it was one of the first times a coherent and effective international biosecurity response had been coordinated between multi-government, health care and security professionals. Nothing like this had been achieved before, and much of the credit deservedly goes to the Hong Kong government and the local health care and security organizations who were involved. They reacted quickly and decisively, isolating the disease and mobilizing the population in an aggressive, co-operative response that brought about the widespread introduction of effective counter measures. In 2009, an outbreak of a new strain of Influenza - a subtype of the H1N1 virus colloquially referred to as Swine Flu - arrived from Mexico. The World Health Organization’s pandemic alert level was sequentially increased from three to five, and 12 S E C U R I T Y N E W S

then raised to its highest level, six, in June, 2009. It is the first pandemic to be given this alert level since 1968, and there are now nearly 30,000 confirmed cases worldwide. All of these pandemics, almostpandemics and pandemics-to-come originate in animals and mutuate before they are passed on to humans. They are not going away, and they are getting deadlier. This disturbing trend is further aggravated by the fact that, as the medical community strives to create cures and antidotes for each new virus, a whole spectrum of potentially dangerous organisms can be created as bi-products. Governments and corporate scientists who rush to embrace the new biotechnology and introduce untested practices and experimental products into agriculture, medicine and ‘defense’ sectors compound the problem. As the globalization of scientific and technical expertise leads us to biomedical advances that create improvements in public health and agriculture, we are also in danger of losing control of these advances. Many rapidly become the stuff of science fiction, and we are learning that ‘improvements’ can quickly turn against us and become deadly menaces if handled carelessly or with criminal intent. Even more so, if adapted and applied by terrorist organizations to pursue their political agendas through violence and intimidation, there is an increasing danger that these advances in genetic engineering and biotechnology will create biological weapons of unique and unpredictable characteristics that will be unstoppable if unleashed on an unprepared world.

非典型肺炎(嚴重急性呼吸綜合症) 在廣州土生土長，於2002-3年威脅香港。一次偶然機會，在九龍一間酒店的升降機內遇上陌生人，其中一個來自廣州的醫生，在中國醫病而受到感染，從此 SARS 肆虐全球。很快全球有 8,098 人感染、774人死亡，包括香港及中國為數不少的醫護人員。該傳染病最後於2003 年七月受到控制。 SARS 爆發令人關注不只因其劇毒及蔓延迅速，那更是第一次多國政府、醫護界及安全專才之間互相協調，作出有條理及有效率的國際應變，這是之前從沒試過的，而很大程度上歸功於香港政府及牽涉在內的本地醫護和安全組織。他們反應快速及果斷，有幹勁及合作地將病毒隔離及調動人群，全面引入有效的對策。 2009年爆發的新型流感來到墨西哥，是 H1N1 的分支，稱為豬流感。世界衛生組織的流行病警報級數由三增至五，於 2009年六月再提升至最高級數 - 六。這是自1968年以來首個得此警報級數的流行病，現時全球有大約30,000個證實個案。所有這些流行病、幾乎成為流行病的及將來的流行病，在傳染人類前均源自動物及同化。那些傳染病沒有消失，而是越來越致命。這令人不安的趨勢卻越加惡化，由於醫學界努力為每種新病毒創造療法及解藥，有潛在危險的生物整個系列可製成雙向產品。政府及企業科學家匆匆接納新的生物科技，並於農業、醫學及「防衛」方面引進未經測試的做法和試驗性產品，令問題惡化。科學及技術專長全球化，令生物醫學有所進步，公眾健康及農業亦得到改善之餘，這些進步失控卻令我們陷入危險。很多東西成為科幻小說的材料，而我們明白如處理不善或立心不良，「改善」可以很快與我們背道而馳，成為致命的威脅。更甚者，假如由恐怖組織改寫或應用，透過暴力及威迫以實踐其政治議程，這些遺傳工程的進步將越加危險，而生物科技會製造獨一無二及前所未有的生物武器，如在未準備妥當的世界出現，將一發不可收拾。

Memories of a plague year: the SARS outbreak in 2002-3 transformed the lives of people in Hong Kong, and made the whole world aware of the risk and security requirements of global pandemics. 回顧瘟疫肆虐的一年：2002-3年爆發SARS，讓香港人的生活有所改變，讓全世界關注全球性流行病的風險及安全要求。

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Bomb’s away! 炸彈消失! The Dominic Brittain Interview 文：Terry Duckham

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Dominic Brittain 專訪

by Terry Duckham

A successful life of living dangerously. Dominic Brittain, Senior Bomb Disposal Officer, Commander of the Hong Kong EOD Bureau, and Chairman of the CBRN Planning Group is at the top of his profession. 生活於危險中的成功：香港爆炸品處理組的高級炸彈處理主任及指揮官兼核生化規劃組主席Dominic Brittain於事業的頂峰

ominic Brittain is widely considered one of the world’s foremost experts in bomb disposal and CBRN response (Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear). He has personally defuzed well over a thousand explosive devices, ranging from large World War II (WW II) bombs to improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and spent the last 26 of his 32 working years in this field as an operational bomb disposal officer with the Hong Kong Police Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Bureau. In 1997 he was made commander of the Bureau, and has been credited with building it into one of the finest EOD units in the world today. In 1998 he was appointed chairman of the newly formed CBRN planning group. 14 S E C U R I T Y N E W S

Dominic discovered his calling in life at a young age. In 1973, in the early days of the IRA terror bombings in London, he was on his way home from school when he came across a Metro Police EOD unit in full response mode dealing with a suspected IED bomb. Dominic watched, enthralled, as the unit carried out its work, and the senior bomb disposal officer kitted up and went to work on the bomb. By the time the operation was complete and the all clear sounded, Dominic had decided exactly what he was going to do when he finished school. H e didn’t waste his time daydreaming about it: he read up on everything he could find that had to do with bombs and bomb disposal. By the time he joined the Royal Navy in 1978 he had a quite a head start on his fellow midshipmen. Then, for six

ominic Brittain為全球著名的拆彈及化生輻核(化學、生物學、輻射學或核能)應變專家，他個人拆除了過千件爆炸性儀器，由二次大戰(WW II)到土製爆炸物(IEDs)均有，他在本行業的32年中，最後的26年於香港警隊的爆炸品處理組任職炸彈處理主任。1997年成為該組的指揮官，令該組成為今日全球最好的爆炸品處理組之一，居功不少。1998年成為新成立的化生輻核常務策劃小組主席。

Dominic 於年輕時發現了其人生的使命。1973年，當時愛爾蘭共和軍於倫敦進行恐怖炸彈襲擊的早期，他放學回家途中遇上城市警察的爆炸品處理組，他們正在處理懷疑土製爆炸物。Dominic被他們的工作吸引，一直觀察著，該高級炸彈處理主任全副武裝研究拆彈。當任務完成，空襲警報解除信號發出後，Dominic已決定了完成學業後的工作。他並沒有浪費時間空想，閱讀了所有他能找到有關炸彈與炸彈處理的東西。1978年，他加入了皇家海軍，比起其海軍同僚領先。接著的六年，他不是在北海黑暗、冰冷及荒涼的水底中工作，拆除二次大戰的地雷，就是在英國海軍派他往的極差的地方，處理同樣討厭的爆炸物及情況。這些一切都是很好的培訓，他於 1984年完成任務，之後便來到香港加入香港皇家員警的爆炸品處理組，一名曾加入香港爆炸品處理組的前軍隊同僚及導師曾事先知會他，使他明白香港有很多機會供像他這樣熱心、有承擔的年輕爆炸品處理專家大展拳腳。香港是全球人口最密集的城市中心之一，同時有大量未引爆的二次大戰遺留炮彈。爆炸品處理組每年平均拆除或引爆50-60個二次大戰時期的炸彈和砲彈，大部分於建築工作或重建項目發掘出來，或於港口找到(需要專業的水底爆炸品處理技術及經驗)。2001年處理一宗大型的事故，共413爆炸物，於竹篙灣興建香港廸士尼樂園令數量激增。總括而言，每年於香港處理約120-150 爆炸物，從二次大戰的炮彈及經香港走私或轉運的軍用炮彈，至為罪案而開發的土製爆炸物均有。有些警報實為誤報、惡作劇，但大部分是真的。香港警隊的爆炸品處理組於1971 年成立，作為對1967暴動的應變，當時警隊與英軍處理約1,164放置在購物中心及市場、港口渡輪、電車、公眾大廈及警署的未引爆炸彈。炸彈爆炸令51 人死亡，包括11名警察及一名英軍炸彈處理主任，800人受傷。

years, he spent most of his time either underwater in the dark, cold and very inhospitable waters of the North Sea, defuzing WWII mines, or in other nasty places Her Majesty’s Navy chose to send him to deal with equally nasty explosive devices and situations. All this was ideal training for someone who, when his tour of duty ended in 1984, found himself heading for Hong Kong to join the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and its EOD unit. He’d been given a heads up by a former military colleague and mentor who had joined Hong Kong’s EOD unit, and knew that Hong Kong had a lot to offer a keen, committed young EOD professional. Hong Kong is one of the world’s most heavily populated urban centres – but it sits on top of a remarkable amount of unexploded WWII ordinance. The EOD Bureau defuzes or detonates an average of 50-60 WWII bombs and artillery shells here each year, most of them unearthed on building sites or during reclamation projects, or found in the harbour (which calls for specialised underwater EOD skills and experience.) In 2001 a massive 413 explosive devices were dealt with, the surge in numbers being a result of the construction of Hong Kong’s Disneyland in Penny’s Bay. Overall, an average of 120-150 explosive devices are dealt with in Hong Kong each year, ranging from WWII ordnance and military ordnance being smuggled or

transshipped through Hong Kong, to IEDs developed for criminal activities. A percentage of alarms turn out to be false, or hoaxes, but the majority are the real thing. The EOD Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force was formed in 1971 as a response to the 1967 riots, in which the police and the British military dealt with some 1,164 live bombs that had been placed in shopping centres and markets, harbour ferries, trams, public buildings and police stations. Bomb explosions killed 51 people - including 11 police officers and one British Army bomb disposal officer – and injured another 800. “Since 1967 we’ve seen nothing like that scale of civil unrest and violence,” Dominic explained, “but we still have more than our average share of incidents for a city of Hong Kong’s size. We are usually called out three to four times a week, and although many cases involve WWII munitions more than half are something else. All are a very real threat to the Hong Kong public. “Our response teams are light and fast so we can get in quickly. Each team has its own self-contained rig that locks down on a customized Land Rover 6x6 chassis or can be fitted to a trailer that is towed by a 4X4 Land Rover then air lifted to the bomb site by a Government Flying Services helicopter. “It is all about speed, getting our guys onto the scene as fast as humanly

Dominic Brittain with his No. 2, Sgt. Joe Tam, outside the EOD Bureau Mount Butler HQ and Detonation Range. On the right is a “Wheelbarrow” EOD robot, and behind them the EOD customised 6x6 Land Rover with it detachable self-contained equipment rig.

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Dominic Brittain 及其第二名中士Joe Tam於爆炸品處理組畢拉山總部及爆轟範圍外：右面是「獨輪車」機器人，後面是爆炸品處理組自訂的 6x6 Land Rover，有可拆除的自足設備鑽機

「自1967年我們從未遇過像該次的民生動盪與暴動」Dominic解釋，「但對香港這個城市的大小而言，事件仍高於平均。我們一星期通常被召喚三至四次，雖然有些涉及二次大戰的軍火，超過一半是其他個案，但所有均對香港市民造成真正的威脅。」「我們的應變隊輕便而快速，因此我們能儘快到達。每隊均有其獨立的鑽機，可鎖定自訂的Land Rover 6x6底盤，或與拖車合併，由4x4 Land Rover 拖著，由政府飛行服務隊的直升機空運至炸彈現場。」「一切都講求速度，要儘快將我們的人員送到現場，最好在公眾有機會聽聞及擔憂前，減輕該爆炸品的威力。」他說道。即使以全球標準而言，香港被認為受恐怖襲擊可能相對較低，但仍被列為中等危險地區。由爆炸品處理組帶領的香港化生輻核應變隊，經常進行培訓及改良其化生輻核應變預測 – 於2003年SARS爆發期間，真實的生物威脅時已嚴格測試了培訓及程序。 Dominic強調，開發這些培訓方案時，不能過渡培訓或創意思考，就如他及其隊伍於2007年處理的唯一及真實的化學襲擊。(最出色的是這些襲擊未有國際傳媒報導，本地也只有很少人注意，要歸功於Dominic 的隊伍及其方法。) 「那是有趣的個案」他說：「我花了二十年創立演習 – 我們都知道這些演習是虛無的，未知會否真的發生 – 我們最後遇到的事情卻通常是從未演習過的。」「該次事件是刑事的，而非恐怖襲擊，而且是針對馬而非人。肇事者在跑道埋下30個迫擊砲，計劃利用無綫電控制的充氣系統向運輸車開火，每個都有一種化學劑，會注射入馬匹體內，目的是影響數場賽事的結果 – 過程中透過下注淨得百萬元。如你下注 $10 而成功猜到那一隻馬在三場賽事中勝出，便可獲得超過$20萬 – 而這些迫擊炮計劃影響多於一場賽事。」「我已進行了多年演習，假如為我的隊伍訂定演習，他們會看著我說：「對不起老闆，我想你需要放假了。」但是我們還是來了，繼續處理這件事情。當我無法說出某個化學物的名稱時，我還是可以告訴你如果你直接接觸它有可能會致命。」雖然大部分爆炸品處理組的案件都是傳統的土製爆炸物及二次大戰的軍火，很多個案都有潛力變成荷里活的最佳劇本。例如1993年海關在一個由香港運 S E C U R I T Y N E W S 15

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guys they would have taken a look at me and said, ‘Sorry boss, I think you need a holiday.’ Yet there we were, down there dealing with it, and while I can’t name the chemical agent I can say that it’s lethal if you come into direct contact with it.” Although the majority of the EOD Bureau’s incidents deal with conventional IEDs and WWII munitions, many of these cases have the potential to be turned into award‑winning Hollywood scripts. For example, in 1993 10 tonnes of rocket fuel was discovered by Customs in a container being shipped through Hong Kong to Pakistan. Despite appropriate enquiries by the relevant Hong Kong departments no one came forward to claim it, so it fell to the EOD Bureau’s teams to dispose of it. The fuel was blown up – discreetly but quite spectacularly – in a very quiet corner of Hong Kong.

往巴基斯坦的貨櫃內發現了10噸火箭燃料，即使相關的香港部門進行查詢，均無人認領，因而需要爆炸品處理組處理。那些燃料最後於香港一個非常寧靜的角落被慎重而壯觀地引爆。 1996年，由空運到港的五箱無牌物品被識別為兩個炸彈和一個導彈發射器的組裝系統。三個月後，海關員調查710個由北韓往斯里蘭卡而途經香港、標明為「原材料、完成品、零件及完成工具」的木箱時，再召喚爆炸品處理組隊伍，經檢查後證實那些為130mm M-46大炮的元件。一年後的1997年，海關逮獲一輛武裝車輛及軍火，價值五十七萬元，由泰國運入，事件再次由爆炸品處理組安全處理。有些個案是爆炸品處理組的標準，如動作片的東西。不論是坐在一個500 磅的二次大戰炸彈上，從剛由港口拖到的錨鏈上飛來飛去時將之引爆，或是在繁忙時間被召換到MTR中和假炸彈

Into action. Hong Kong sits atop a surprising amount of unexploded military ordnance, so the EOD is busy, well equipped and amongst the best in the world. 付諸實行：香港有大量未引爆的軍事炸彈，因此爆炸品處理組十分繁忙，在全球來說是裝備充足而且最好的

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possible, mitigating the device, and then bringing it in - preferably before the public has a chance hear or worry about it,” he said. While the terrorist threat to Hong Kong is considered relatively low by global standards, it is still classified as Medium. Hong Kong’s CBRN response teams, led by the EOD Bureau, are constantly training and refining their CBRN response scenarios - training and procedures that were severely tried and tested during the very real biological threat of the SARS outbreak in 2003. This experience, and the procedures that were developed and used, are considered to be of such a high standard that governments from across the world send members of their CBRN and EOD teams to train in Hong Kong. Dominic emphasizes the point that there can never be too much training or creative thinking when developing these training scenarios, and by way of example cites a unique and genuine chemical attack that he and his team had to deal with in 2007. (The remarkable fact that this attack received no international media coverage and very little local attention is a credit to Dominic’s teams and methods.) “It was an interesting case,” he says. “I have spent 20 years setting up exercises – and we all know that we pick these exercises out of the air and don’t really know if it’s something that actually might happen – and when we finally get an incident it is usually like nothing we have ever run. “This particular case was criminal, not a terrorist attack, and against horses not people. The perpetrators buried 30 mortars under a racetrack and planned to use a radio controlled pneumatic system to fire carriers, each one containing a chemical agent that would be injected into the horse with the intention of affecting the outcome of several races – and in the process netting millions of dollars by placing appropriate bets. If you put down a $10 bet and successfully guess which horses will come first in three selected races, you could make over $20million – and these mortars were designed to affect more than one race. “I have been running exercises for years and if I’d set that one up for my

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In 1996 a consignment of five crates of unlicensed objects imported by air was identified as the assembly systems for two bombs and a missile launcher. Three months later, while investigating a shipment of 710 wooden crates, on its way from North Korea to Syria via Hong Kong and manifested as “raw materials, finished products, spare parts and finished tools,” Customs agents again called in the EOD teams. Upon examination the cargo was confirmed to be component parts for 130mm M-46 artillery cannons. A year later, in 1997, Customs seized an armoured vehicle and munitions valued at $5.7 million, being shipped through Hong Kong from Thailand. Once again it was safely dealt with by an EOD team. Even cases that are ‘ordinary’ by Hong Kong EOD Bureau standards are the stuff of action movies. Whether it is sitting atop a 500lb WWII bomb and defuzing it while swinging from the anchor chain that has just hauled it from the harbour, or being called into the MTR to neutralize a hoax bomb during rush hour, all are exceedingly demanding and disciplined tasks that keep the heart rate and adrenalin pounding. It requires very special individuals to perform such tasks successfully time and time again.

The core of the EOD Bureau are eight full-time two man teams that can be mobilsed in minutes. The teams are made up of the Bomb Disposal Officer: the No.1, who defuzes and disposes of the bomb; and the No. 2 who handles all of the equipment, remotely controls the EOD robot and gives technical support. 爆炸品處理組的核心是八隊能在數分鐘內動員的全職二人隊伍，隊伍由炸彈處理主任組成：第一名負責拆除雷管及棄置炸彈，第二名則處理所有儀器，遙控爆炸品處理組機器人並提供技術支援。

After 32 years in the adrenalin pumping business of bomb disposal, Dominic is retiring in May of this year. He and his family are moving to a small 48-hectare farm he owns in Dorset where, in sharp contrast to his present occupation, he plans to become a gentleman farmer. He will continue lecturing and giving command and leadership training seminars to corporate executives – the continuation of a business he and a partner set up three years ago, based on the crisis management and inter-personnel skills Dominic has become renowned for during his tenure as the commander of

“. . . the procedures that were developed are of such a high standard that governments from across the world send members of their CBRN and EOD teams to train in Hong Kong” “Twice in my career I have had the explosives in a bomb start to deflagrate while I was dismantling it,“ Dominic said. “Even as I gave the order to the team to do the EOD 110-yard hurdles I knew it was too late and we would never make it. Both times the deflagrate-to-denotation transition failed and we all lived. For this to happen once is almost unheard of – twice is a miracle. At the end of the day in this business you are better off being lucky than good – but good is all we can train for. “The hardest part in incidents like that is taking the team back to finish the job. The level of trust between team members is absolute, and the responsibility of the leader total.”

Hong Kong’s EOD Bureau and Chairman of the CBRN Planning Group. Will he miss his present high-risk career? “Of course I will,” he says. ”It’s not easy to walk away from the people I have worked and shared so much with – good and bad – over the past 20 plus years. Jimmy Yuen, my 2iC, will be taking over and he, along with Alick McWirter and Tony Chow, are the core of the senior leadership. They are recognised as some of the world’s best. Together they will consolidate the enormous achievements we have made in the last decade and go on to become the best tactical and response unit of its kind in the world… or I will want to know why bloody not!”

事件，全都是要求非常高及要受過訓練的工作，皆令心跳及腎上腺素躍升，每次都需要十分專業的人員才能成功完成任務。「我的職業生涯中曾有兩次試過在拆彈時有爆炸物從炸彈燃燒」Dominic 說道：「即使我向隊伍下令進行爆炸品處理組的110碼障礙，我明白也是太遲，我們不可能做到。兩次爆燃到爆震的轉變均失敗，但我們均沒事。第一次無人理會，第二次則是奇蹟。在這行業每一天完結時，你要慶幸自己有好運氣而不僅僅是表現好，但表現好是我們可以培訓的。「類似那樣的事件中最困難的部分是帶領隊伍返回去完成任務，隊員之間的信任絕對重要，領導者的責任更是高於一切。」經過32年令腎上腺素躍升的拆彈工作，Dominic將會在本年五月退休。他及其家人會搬到一個位於多賽特的 48公頃的小農場，與其現時的職業有很大對比，計劃成為一名鄉紳。他會繼續為公司行政人員教授和提供領導培訓講座 – 那是他與夥伴三年前開辦的業務，主要講授危機管理及人際技巧，這些都是Dominic 任職香港爆炸品處理組指揮官及化生輻核常務策劃小組主席時賴以成名的關鍵。他會記掛現時的高危工作嗎？「當然會」他說道：「要離開二十多年來與我並肩作戰和分享成績以及分擔失敗的人們，不是容易的事。我的副指揮官 Jimmy Yuen會接替我的工作，聯同Alick McWirter和Tony Chow，他們是高級領導的核心，被認定是全球最好之一。他們一起能為我們於上世紀所做的一切，創造更偉大的成就，繼續成為全球最好的策略及應變組…否則我會問他們做不到的原因﹗」

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Asian Securitex 2010: a unique business & networking opportunity Asian Securitex 2010: 一個獨一無二與商家合作發展及交流的機會 By integrating Securitex with three other related trade fairs, attendees and exhibitors are assured of bigger crowds, a more diverse range of exhibitors and a better potential client mix 聯同Asian Building technologies 2010, Asian Building Interiors 2010及Asian Elenex 2010, Build4Asia將為業內人仕提供一個科技交流及開拓商機的理想平台

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sian Securitex 2010 is an integral part of mega trade fair Build4Asia – the region’s leading building technology tradeshow – which opens in Hong Kong on June 2, 2010, and runs through to June 4 at the newly-expanded Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As well as Asian Securitex, the Build4Asia tradeshow includes the regionally-renowned Asian Elenex (the electrical and power show), Asian Building Technologies and Asian Building Interiors. With roots that can be traced back to the original Elenex show in 1984, the Build4Asia event is getting bigger and better every year, and is now synonymous with quality, professionalism and vast experience. From energy efficiency, electrical T&D, building automation and lighting through to security systems,

Build4Asia is a well-proven trading platform that helps international exhibitors market their products and services in emerging Asian markets.

迎合建築及保安市場需要，Build4Asia將為業界提供一個觀摩採購市場最新科技產品、技術交流、緊貼市場信息的專業展覽會。 Build4Asia結合了『第十四屆亞洲國際電力電工設備及節能科技展覽會 - Asian Elenex』、『第九屆亞洲國際樓宇科技展覽會–Asian Building Technologies』、『第三屆亞洲國際建材裝飾服務及照明科技展覽會–Asian Building Interiors』及『第十一屆亞洲國際防火、保安及安全系統會議及展覽會–Asian Securitex』四個享負盛名的專業展覽會，並於6月2至4日假香港會議展覽中心再次舉行。自1984年創辦以來，秉承著奧偉展覽集團“Elenex & Building”展會系列的專業經驗和優質服務；Build4Asia將以“電氣工程、綠色建材、建築自動化和安防系統”作為展品主幹，為國際廠商及專業買家締造一個最佳的商貿平台。

Synonymous with quality, professionalism & experience

Build4Asia–亞洲建築業最具權威的四合一專業大展載譽歸來

Build4Asia 2010 offers not only a superb line-up of exhibitors and events, it will clearly further enhance its reputation as the leading building and building services show in the region.

Build4Asia 2010 不單為業界提供一個優

Quality This year the show will utilize its largest ever exhibition space of 15,000 sq m. It’ll all be need to accommodate over 600 international exhibiting companies, who are coming from more than 34 countries and regions including national groups from China, Korea and more. S E C U R I T Y N E W S 19

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Professionalism Build4Asia showcases over 1,000 of the latest global products and technologies in security, building and power. Most of these products are new, innovative and state-of-the-art, and many are related to the mega-trend in ‘green’ building and the new “green security.” A significant percentage are completely new to the Asian market. Build4Asia provides buyers with a vast variety of professional choices. Experience A number of high-profile industry events are held in conjunction with the trade fair and exhibition. These include the Build4Asia International Conference, the Integrate Facility Management Conference, the BCI Asia Awards 2010, the IEQ Forum, the Securitex Conference and more. In excess of 15,000 regional industry professionals and buyers are expected to attend and participate in the show. Asian Securitex 2010: the 11th Asian International Security, Safety and Fire Protection Show & Conference In order to accommodate and satisfy the latest market demands in the security industry – especially as it relates to building and property protectrion – Asian Securitex 2010 will showcase the latest products and technologies from key national suppliers and trailblazers around the world. The wide variety of product categories includes: • Biometrics • Card/ Smartcard technology 20 S E C U R I T Y N E W S

• CCTV & remote monitoring control systems • Integrated security management systems • Metal detectors & X-ray/ screening equipment • Security doors & shutters and transportation security For a more comprehensive list, see our sidebar.

質的商貿平台，更準備了多個專業的研討會及活動，為專業人士提供多個了解市場科技，與國際專家交流合作的機會。

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更多環球科技專業產品展出逾 1,000件一系列關於環保或再生建築物料、智能樓宇自動化設備及系統等環球產品和最新科技，多項更為首次亮相亞洲市場，絕對能為買家提供優質選擇。

Asian Securitex 2010 Conference Most notably, this year the industry’s renowned Asian Securitex Conference is honoured to be able to confirm Mr Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong, GBS, IDSM, JP, Secretary for Security of the HKSAR, as the guest-of-honour to deliver the opening remarks. The theme of the 2010 conference is Security in Emerging Markets – China Focus, and the conference format provides an ideal opportunity for experts and professionals to gain insight into the latest trends in China’s security industry – and, of course, into the related business opportunities. The subjects, selected speakers and overall format were chosen and put together by a special Conference Advisory Panel that includes ASIS International (Hong Kong chapter), the Asian Professional Security Association (APSA, Hong Kong chapter), the Hong Kong Police Crime Prevention Bureau, the Hong Kong Security Association (HKSA), and the International Professional Security Association (IPSA, Hong Kong chapter), and is supported by the Shenzhen Security & Protection Industrial Association. Integrate Facility Management Conference Organised by the Hong Kong Chapter of the IFMA, Integrate, which is recognized as the largest annual facility management conference in Asia, will be co-located with Build4Asia this year, and is returning to Asian Secruitex 2010. With the theme “ D e l i v e r i n g v a l u e in a financially challenging e n v i r o n m e n t ” , the conference

匯聚優質參展商今屆展覽會面積達15,000平方米，預計將有全球超過34個國家及地區600家國內外知名企業參展，其中包括來自中國大陸、韓國等的國家企業團。

體驗行業頂級盛事行業頂級專業研討會包括 Build4Asia 建築科技會議，Integrate Facility Management Conference、 Xsquare及室內環境質素論壇等。預計將吸引超過 15,000名海外及本地高質數買家蒞臨參觀。第十一屆亞洲國際防火、保安及安全系統會議及展覽會 – Asian Securitex 2010 一眾來自亞太區及其他世界各地的參展商將為買家展示目前最新、最先進及最熱門的保安及安全技術和應用設備，並提供實用、專業的保安技術解決方案。產品類別包括: • 生物識別系統 • 卡式科技系統 • 閉路電視及遙控監視系統 • 綜合保安管理系統 • 金屬探測器、X光及探測設備 • 保安閘門及屏幕及運輸保安器材 ……及更多產品 (請瀏覽附表)

專業會議及其他活動 2010年亞洲國際專業保安會議榮獲六大專業協會鼎力支持，包括香港保安業協會、香港警務處 — 防止罪案科、亞洲專業保安協會 — 香港分會、美國產業安全學會 — 香港分會、國際專業保安協會(香港)有限公司及深圳市安全防範行業協會，亞洲國際專業保安會議 2010今年更榮幸邀到香港特別行政區保安局局長李少光IDSM太平紳士作主禮嘉賓。為配合市場動向，會議將圍繞主題『新興市場的安防與保安 - 中國焦點』，探討中國安防業的發展商機，以及進軍中國保安服務業的門檻和法規。

continues to serve as an interactive channel for facility management professionals and others within the facility management community. It enables them to convey and receive valuable information related to market trends; and to network with peers and colleagues from around the Asia Pacific region. Pre-register now @ www. asiansecuritex.Com Qualified visitors will be entitled to enjoy the following pre-register benefits: • Entitled to enter the preregistration lucky draw • Complimentary 3-day show admission badge • One free show directory • Free Advance Buyers’ Guide Furthermore, a personalised group pre-registration service is available for visitors in an identified affiliation, organisation or tour group (10 trade visitors or more). Asian Securitex 2010 and the associated conference are notto-be-missed events for anyone involved in security or the security industry. Being co-located with Build4Asia – the year’s most exciting gathering of building industry experts and professionals – offers numerous additional benefits. Visitors, exhibitors and conference delegates will enjoy a networking opportunity unrivalled within the security sector. For more details, please visit www.build4asia.com or contact the Organiser at tel (852) 2804 1500/ exhibit@hkesallworld.com.

Integrate Facility Management Conference 2010 由國際物業設施管理協會 – 香港分會舉辦，今年會議以“Delivering value in a financially challenging environment” 為主題，將與Build4Asia系列展會同場舉行。Integrate 2010被業界公認為亞太區最富教育性及最佳建構網絡的相關研討會，預計將吸引超過二百名來自世界各地業界人員出席，為業內專才不斷增值行業資訊，是一次促進亞洲地區在設施管理領域的交流與合作的好機會。立即網上預先登記，享受尊貴優惠由即日起，有興趣參觀的業內人仕可登入www.asiansecuritex.com作網上預先入場登記，節省辦理現場登記手續的時間及可享下列優惠： • 免費3天參觀入場証 • 免費展覽會場刊一本 • 大會「預先登記幸運大抽獎」機會 • 免費賣家預刊一本為提供更方便快捷的登記服務，主辦單位更可為各大公司或機構提供十人或以上之參觀人士作團體登記。第十一屆亞洲國際防火、保安及安全系統會議及展覽會 Asian Securitex 2010, 聯同 Build4As ia其他展覽，將會是今年建筑保安業最重要和最期待的國際性大型活動，大會誠邀國內外建筑業相關機構企業、技術供應商及業內專家蒞臨出席，透過此優質平台擴闊網絡、自我增值、與國際接軌交流。如欲了解展覽會及各會議詳情，請與主辦單位香港展覽服務有限公司聯絡，電話：+852 2804 1500 (香港) 電郵：exhibit@hkesallworld.com 或瀏覽大會網頁：www.build4asia.com

Asian Securitex 2010 – Exhibits Profile • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Access Control Alarm & Alarm System Biometric Car Parking System CCTV & Remote Monitoring Control System Emergency Lighting & Safety Sign Fire & Safety Clothing Home Automation Integrated Security Management System Lock & Safe Meter Detectors & X-ray / Screening Equipment Rescue & Emergency Equipment Security Doors, Gates & Shutter Security Guard Service Smartcard / Card Technology Surveillance System Transportation Security Videophone Smart Card Zone – Card Reader – RFID Technology – Operating Systems & Software

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進出控制系統報警器及報警信號系統生物識別系統停車場保安系統閉路電視及遙控監視系統緊急照明及安全信號防火及安全衣物家居自動化綜合保安管理系統保險及安全金屬探測器、x光及探測設備救援及緊急設備保安閘門及屏幕保安員及警衛服務卡式科技系統監視系統運輸保安器材視像電話智能卡專區 – 讀卡器 – 紅外線科技 – 運作系統及軟件

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Strong support for Intersec Thailand Intersec Thailand獲政府和協會支持 As Thailand faces the realities of political and social unrest, security concerns are more important than ever 泰國受政局影響，當地安防議題更顯重要

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ntersec Thailand–泰國國際安全及消防設備與技術展覽會是亞洲區專業的安防展覽會，展會將於2010 年9月15至17日於曼谷國際展覽中心隆重舉辦。展會每兩年舉辦一次，由法蘭克福新時代傳媒有限公司和 IPEX– International Promotion & Exhibition Co Ltd 共同主辦。法蘭克福新時代傳媒有限公司是法蘭克福展覽有限公司收購台灣A&S 集團後成立的新公司。本次展會的總面積超過5,000平方米，預計將迎來超過100家參展商及6,000名專業買家到來採購最新的安防產品及服務。據業內分析員指出，泰國是東盟地區內其中一個最大的安防市場。為進一步加強泰國的安防業發展，當地政府十分重視在本土舉辦國際性的安防展會。因此，泰國災害防治減緩部、泰國內政部、泰國勞工部、泰國皇家警察已確認成為展會的支持單位。除此之外，展會也獲得多家本地及國際行業協會的鼎力支持，他們是亞洲專業安全協會(泰國分會) 、美國安全工業協會 (新加坡分會) 、泰國保安協會、美國國際安全行業協會、泰國皇家建築業協會及泰國會議展覽局。

As we went to print with this edition of Security Hong Kong, Bangkok was in turmoil as the “Red Shirts” battled the military and the police, the death toll was rising and Bangkok had become a “no go” destination for local and international travelers, adding to the importance of the emerging security industry in this country. 當我們印刷這期「香港保安」的期間，曼谷正爆發紅衫軍與軍警的大規模衝突，各地發出旅遊警告呼籲國人切勿前往。這事件同時也突顯了泰國安防業的重要性。

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Police have confirmed their support to Intersec Thailand. The show also receives strong support from many well-known local and overseas industry associations. These are Asian Professional Security Association – Thailand Chapter; ASIS International – Singapore Chapter; Executive Security Services Association of Thailand (ESSAT); International Security Industry Organisation (ISIO); Thai Contractor Association under His Majesty the King’s Patronage and the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB). High attendance expected at a series of fringe programmes In addition to a comprehensive range of security products, services and technologies showcased by local and overseas companies, Intersec Thailand offers a series of informative fringe programmes to satisfy the different needs of suppliers, buyers and visitors. This including the 17th APSA International Conference which will be held concurrently with the show.

多項同期活動將成展會另一焦點本地及海外展商將展出各種各樣的安防產品、服務及技術，而展會期間舉辦的一系列同期活動將為出席者提供豐富的行業和市場資訊，充分滿足供應商、買家和觀眾的不同需要。同期活動包括「第17屆APSA安防大會」，為期兩天的會議將雲集業內知

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ntersec Thailand, Asia’s professional security and safety trade fair will take place from 15 – 17 September 2010 at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre. This biennial event is organised by Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd and IPEX – International Promotion & Exhibition Co Ltd. Messe Frankfurt New Era Business Media Ltd is the newly formed company resulting from Messe Frankfurt’s acquisition of Taiwan’s A&S Group. The fair expects to attract more than 100 exhibitors and 6,000 professional buyers to view the latest products and services in over 5,000 sqm of exhibition space. Even prior to the recent unrest, industry analysts rated Thailand as one of the biggest potential security and safety markets in the ASEAN region. The Thai government has recognised the importance of having an international security and safety trade fair in Thailand to further strengthen the industry. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Labour and Royal Thai

Thailand, a promising market for the security & safety industry With an emphasis on attracting foreign investment, the Thai government has launched new plans to combat crime and terrorism to create greater social stability. A budget has been specifically allocated to strengthen city security measures. For example, the government has announced a security upgrade in public buildings including the Bank of Thailand, the Petroleum Authority of Thailand, Royal Thai customs and the new Thai parliament.

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During the two-day conference, a number of industry leaders will analyse the latest technology and market strategies and discuss the industry’s most urgent issues. In addition, the first edition of the Global Digital Surveillance Forum Thailand will feature the latest IP and intelligent solutions showcased by industry’s leading software and hardware providers. Intersec Thailand will also feature a series of product presentations which provide an exclusive channel for exhibitors to introduce and demonstrate their latest products, services and technologies to potential customers.

Intersec Thailand is part of Messe Frankfurt’s global trade fair brand Intersec, which is headed by the annual Intersec fair in Dubai. The other fair is held in Kazakhstan. Messe Frankfurt also holds three other leading trade fairs on security: Seguriexpo Buenos Aires in Argentina, Secutech Expo in Taiwan and Secutech Vietnam. Further information about the individual events can be obtained from: www.intersec. messefrankfurt.com.

“The first edition of the Global Digital Surveillance Forum Thailand will feature the latest IP and intelligent solutions showcased by industry’s leading software and hardware providers.” Thailand’s economic stimulus package of USD 3.3 billion is aiming to further develop critical infrastructure and this is also fuelling the demand for security solutions. One of the infrastructure projects is the extension of Bangkok’s mass rapid transit (MRT) system and the Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link which will prompt a high demand for surveillance cameras. In addition, Thailand enjoys a strategic location at the heart of Asia where the security market is growing steadily. Analyst, Frost & Sullivan has predicted that the annual security market growth rate in Asia-Pacific countries is 7.5%, reaching over USD 3 billion by 2015.

For further information about Intersec Thailand, please contact Ms Phoebe Hung at (852) 2802 7728 or email to intersec@hongkong. messefrankfurt.com. 名專家及同業分享最新行業技術和市場資訊及探討業界現時最關注的議題。此外，「第一屆全球數位監控應用發展論壇」將同時舉行，這次論壇將邀請業內知名的軟體和硬體廠商前來分享最新的網絡監控技術發展趨勢。展會也舉辦了一系列產品推介會，為展商提供專有的渠道直接向潛在買家介紹和示範最新產品、服務和技術。

府積極推行政策防止罪案和恐怖襲擊發生，以建構一個更安全、穩定的社會。因此，泰國政府積極編列預算加強市內安防設施，例如泰國政府宣佈在一些公共大樓如泰國中央銀行、泰國石油管理局、泰國海關和泰國新議會大樓加強安防設備。泰國政府推出的30.3億美元刺激經濟措施進一步改善基礎建設，同時也為安防業創造龐大商機。其中一項新工程包括曼谷地下鐵路和蘇凡納布機場捷運的擴建，這項工程將對監控系統的需求大大提升。亞洲區的安防市場穩步上升，而泰國位處亞洲的中心，地理條件佔優。根據 Frost & Sullivan 研究中心的最新報告，預料於2015年年底前，亞太區國家的安防市場每年增長將達7.5%，總值逾30億美元。「泰國國際安防設備與技術展覽會」是法蘭克福展覽公司的全球安防品牌展覽會之一，由每年一度於迪拜舉辦的安防展覽會領航，另外四場安防品牌展會於哈薩克斯坦、阿根廷、台灣地區和越南舉辦。欲瞭解更多個別安防品牌展會的詳情，請瀏覽 www.intersec. messefrankfurt.com。有關Intersec Thailand –泰國國際安全及消防設備與技術展覽會更多信息，請聯絡: 洪菲蘋小姐電話：(852) 2802 7728 傳真：(852) 2598 8771 電郵：intersec@hongkong. messefrankfurt.com

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ASC acquires Niscayah Hong Kong 先達全面收購弘瑞香港

from the international Niscayah Group, that will continue as before.” Niscayah’s operations in Hong Kong consist of installation and service of security systems, employs 12 staff and in 2009 had an eight-digit turnover. The Niscayah Group’s newly–appointed international President and CEO, Håkan Kirstein, said of the deal: ”Niscayah has been established in Hong Kong for some years but hasn’t reached the size required to achieve satisfactory profitability. The divestment means that we can now have a clearer focus on our operations in Europe and North America.”

香 Men on a mission: Sean Lee, the business manager of ASC (on the left) and Kalvin Chan, associate director of ASC, will be looking to transform Niscayah into a profitable sector of ASC.

SC (HK) Limited, one of Hong Kong’s leading security systems integrators, has announced the acquisition of Niscayah Hong Hong Ltd, the local branch of the Niscayah Group, a massive international security systems and service corporation which has some 5,300 employees worldwide and approximately US$1 billion turnover.

confirm that we have, with immediate effect, engaged in a total acquisition of Niscayah Hong Kong Limited’s shares and business in the region. ASC has pursued an optimistic perspective towards the security systems market, and decided to continuously expand within the industry via all channels. Hence, after months of constructive discussions with Niscayah,

“Niscayah has been established in Hong Kong for some years but hasn’t reached the size required to achieve satisfactory profitability” Häkan Kirsten, President & CEO, Niscayah Group international ASC, which has been at the forefront of the systems installation and servicing segment of the industry in Hong Kong for over a quarter of a century, has now further enhanced its position as a market leader. For Niscayah, the sale is part of an international “efficiency enhancement program” partly aimed at cutting costs after a difficult time in their major markets in Europe and North America, and partly aimed at narrowing their corporate focus. Mr Peter Li, founder and CEO of ASC, made the following statement about the takeover: “On behalf of ASC Hong Kong Limited, I am delighted to 24 S E C U R I T Y N E W S

the transaction was concluded on 25th March 2010. “The deal will not only maintain the operations of Niscayah Hong Kong as usual, but also, because we’ll be able to utilize our existing workforce when required, ASC can assure current customers of Niscayah that they will enjoy even greater support and more privileges than ever before.” Mr Li also referred to peripheral business. “Niscayah Hong Kong,” he said, “is the exclusive agent for distributing Pacom products in the region, and through ASC, with support

港其中一間領先的保安系統整合商先達系統有限公司宣佈收購弘瑞集團的本地分行弘瑞保安系統（香港）有限公司，弘瑞集團是大型的國際保安系統及服務企業，全球有5,300 名員工，約十億美元營業額。先達於香港的保安系統安裝及服務上領先了超過四分一個世紀，現在更進一步提升其市場領導地位。弘瑞是國際「提高效率計劃」的一部分，一方面為了在經濟不景後於其歐洲及北美的主要市場減省成本，另一方面則要將企業的焦點縮小。先達的創辦人及行政總裁李炳華先生對收購向客戶及業務伙伴回應：「本人代表先達系統有限公司，很高興確認由現在開始已全面收購弘瑞香港有限公司於區內的股份及業務。先達對保安系統市場一直採取樂觀態度，並決定透過所有渠道繼續在業內積極發展。因此與弘瑞經過多月來的談判，於2010年3月 25日達成交易。「這宗交易不但會維持香港的弘瑞如常運作，亦因為我們能在需要時動用我們現有的員工團隊，先達可以向弘瑞現有的客戶保證，他們比之前能享有更好的支援和更多的優惠。」李先生亦提到週邊業務：「香港弘瑞是區內分銷Pacom 產品的獨家代理，而且透過先達會有國際弘瑞集團的支援，運作將一如以往。」弘瑞於香港的運作包括保安系統的安裝及服務，現時僱有12 名員工，於 2009年約有8位數字的營業額。弘瑞集團新上任的國際主席兼行政總裁 Hå k an Kirstein 提到此次收購：「弘瑞於香港已成立了一段時間，但仍未發展成可賺取可觀利潤的規模，此次轉讓股份代表我們現在能於歐洲及北美的業務上有更清晰的焦點。」

The shape of things to come 未來發展新方向 G4S’ acquisition of Hill & Associates is an indication of a significant trend in the industry G4S收購Hill & Associates – 成業內收購重要指引

he acquisition late last year of Hill & Associates (“H&A”) by G4S has provoked a lot of comment in Asian security circles. G4S is the world’s largest security services company, and has traditionally been seen as a “manned security company” while Hill & Associates is a specialized consulting firm which represents significantly less than a half of one percent of G4S’ size in terms of either revenues or employee numbers. Does this tell us anything about trends in the security industry and the wider business world? The two companies have developed along quite distinct paths. G4S was formed by a “mega-merger” as the traditional security services industry in Europe underwent a period of significant consolidation in the early part of this decade. The merger produced a global business with revenues of £6 billion and operations in over 110 countries. G4S provides services under the categories of security services, security systems, cash services and justice services. The majority of these services have traditionally involved the supply of equipment and manpower in line with customer specifications, however the G4S’ vision is to become “the leading international security solutions group which specializes in outsourcing of client business processes and facilities in sectors where security and safety are considered to be a strategic threat.” On the other hand, H&A started in Hong Kong in 1992 as a consulting firm and was grown entrepreneurially to operate in 14 countries in Asia, as well as having a reach into other parts of the world. H&A provides bespoke consulting services to multinational companies and financial institutions and advises clients on identification and mitigation of all types of operational risk, using consultants with a wide variety of professional backgrounds. To understand what benefits the acquisition of H&A can bring to a behemoth like G4S one needs to look at trends in the B2B and B2G markets.

Multinational company operations have grown exponentially more complex over the past quarter century: networks of partners, extended supply chains, migration of value from physical assets to brands and intellectual property, increasing regulation, implementation of IT systems that give access to company information throughout and from outside the enterprise, acquisitions and partnerships in unfamiliar markets, and other such trends have all made the daily operation of a business more fraught with risk than ever before. At the same time companies are under relentless pressure to focus on their core activities and reduce cost, so while risk mitigation is becoming more of a strategic imperative, it is also a function which is increasingly being partially or completely outsourced. In order to benefit from these trends, and the larger outsourcing opportunities they are creating, G4S needs to deal with its clients in a more strategic manner and earlier in the planning and decision cycle than has traditionally been the case. Running as an independent consulting operation within the overall G4S business, H&A offers an opportunity to engage with clients at the point where they are identifying and assessing risks to their business and planning the protective measures required for mitigation rather than after the decisions have been made. Additionally, an increasing concern for multinational organizations of all kinds is the duty of care they owe their employees who are required to undertake international business travel. While there is reasonably well established support available for medical emergencies, response to individual or mass security incidents is less well provided for. H&A has provided consultancy and crisis response in this area for its entire history, and the marriage of H&A’s expertise with the response potential of G4S’ unparalleled global presence will offer clients a unique solution.

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去年下半年，G4S收購Hill & Associates (“H&A”)一事在亞洲保安業內有很大迴響。G4S是世界最大的保安服務公司，一向被認為「人力保安公司」，而H&A作為一家專業顧問公司，無論是營業額或員工數量都不及 G4S規模的百分之0.5。這其中是否顯示了保安業的發展趨勢以及更為廣闊的業務領域？兩家公司的發展路線大相徑庭。作為歐洲的傳統型安全服務公司，經過龎大合併後的G4S在這十年經歷重要整合，全球業務收入超過60億英鎊，服務遍及逾110個國家。G4S提供的服務包括保安服務、保安系統、現金管理服務和懲教服務。大部份服務均按客戶的具體要求提供所需設備和人力資源安排。然而，G4S的最大願景是成為「世界安全方案翹楚，專注解除客戶的安全隱憂並提供業務流程等安全外包服務」。另一方面，H&A於1992年在香港創立，作為一家顧問公司，在亞洲14個國家開展業務，同時也將業務拓展至世界其他地區。H&A顧問擁有豐富的專業背景，為跨國公司和金融機構提供預約諮詢服務和專業意見，鑑別並減低各類運營風險。想瞭解H&A被G4S這巨大的公司收購後會產生什麼效益，就得瞭解B2B 和 B2G的交易平台趨勢。在過去四份一世紀裡，跨國公司的運營變得愈為複雜，合作夥伴網路、擴大的供應鏈、資產價值從實物轉向品牌和知識產權、調控增多、使用IT系統可隨時隨地獲得公司資訊、陌生市場的收購和合作以及其他趨勢使得企業的日常運營充斥著前所未有的挑戰。同時，公司需承受巨大壓力，關注核心活動，降低成本，因此如何減低風險已成為不可或缺的策略，而企業亦開始選擇半外包或全面外包服務。要在這外包趨勢中獲益，G4S要以策略性模式、進行早期規劃與客戶溝通並作出決策。作為G4S業務的獨立顧問公司，H&A可為客戶就其業務的風險鑑別和評估風險，並制定防禦措施減低風險的解决方案，而不是在做出決策後才採取行動。此外，跨國公司日益關注員工需經常出差到國外，雖然現有的醫療急救體系已相對完善，但是個人意外或廣泛意外事故仍未能得到妥善處理。H&A 提供了該領域的諮詢和危機處理服務，H&A的專業經驗和G4S無可比擬的全球業務相結合，將為客戶提供獨特的解決方案。 S E C U R I T Y N E W S 25

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Securitas sets up shop in Hong Kong Securitas 在港設立新店

ecuritas, one of the world’s largest security companies (240,000 employees worldwide, turnover US$7 billion) has commenced operations in Hong Kong – and come into the local market with a bang. Through last year, as part of their strategy to expand in Asia, Securitas negotiated the acquisition of the guarding services division of Guardforce Hong Kong, which immediately gives the new company Securitas Security Services (Hong Kong) Ltd. an operation with 1,200 employees and an annual turnover of approximately HK$140 million*.

Although not well-known in Hong Kong, Securitas is a Swedish company that was established in 1949 as Securitas Alarm by Erik PhilipSorensen to provide alarm technology to complement his growing guarding services business. Since 1989, Securitas has had a phenomenal record of international growth and expansion. Perhaps most notably they entered the US market in 1999 by taking over Pinkerton, at that time the number one security company in the USA; followed that up the next year by taking over Burns, the second largest security company in the USA; and in

“Securitas obviously have their eyes on the lucrative HK$1 billion market for guarding services, and by taking over the Guardforce operation have acquired one of the leaders in this sector who, over 30 years, have become well established in many key segments . . .“ The annual report of Securitas AB (the international corporation) cites December 1 as the official launch date of the new company, and confirms the appointment of Mr Douglas Renwick as managing director. Securitas obviously have their eyes on the lucrative HK$1 billion market for guarding services, and by taking over the Guardforce operation have acquired one of the leaders in this sector who, over 30 years, have become well established in many key segments, notably in the residential guarding services, transport and logistics, and finance sectors. Guardforce is owned by UTC Fire and Security, a unit of United Technologies Corporation (rated number 126 of the biggest companies in the world), and will continue with their other operations, notably those under the Chubb brand.

2001 acquired Loomis, Fargo Ltd., a major player in the US cash handling market that could trace its roots back to the Wild West. Since then Securitas’ expansion has continued throughout the world, and last year there were more than 15 major acquisitions, ranging from Africa and South America to Serbia and Spain – and including Guardforce’s guarding services in Hong Kong. It seems likely that Securitas will become a significant force in the local security industry. An interesting footnote: founder Sorensen had two sons, and in 1981 divided the business between them. One son took over the Swedish business and this became Securitas, the other took over what were the international operations at that time, and this was developed into a major global business in itself, which is today better known as G4S.

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球最大保安公司之一的 Securitas (全球有240,000 名員工，營業額達70億美元) 在香港開展業務，並成功走進本地市場。Securitas 去年商談收購Guardforce Hong Kong 的護衛服務部，是其於亞洲擴充的一部分，即時建立新公司Securitas Security Services (Hong Kong) Ltd. ，僱有1,200名員工及每年約一億四千萬港元的營業額。 Securitas AB (國際公司) 的年報指12月1日為新公司的正式成立日，並確認委任Douglas Renwick 先生為總經理。 Securitas 明顯放眼於有利可圖的十億港元的護衛服務市場，收購 Guardforce 後已取得業內其中一個龍頭，在很多主要部分，特別是住宅護衛服務、交通及物流和金融業已立足超過三十年。 Guardforce 由United Technologies Corporation (全球最大型公司排行126) 中的小組UTC Fire and Security擁有，並會繼續其他的業務，特別是Chubb 旗下的品牌。儘管於香港並不是眾所周知，Securitas這所瑞典公司於1949年已由Erik Philip-Sorensen成立Securitas Alarm，提供警報技術以補足其不斷發展的護衛服務的生意。自1989 年，Securitas 在國際增長及發展上有驚人的紀錄。最為人注目的可能是 1999年收購當時美國首屈一指的保安公司Pinkerton而進軍美國市場，隨後一年收購美國第二大保安公司Burns，於2001 年又取得美國現金處理市場的一個主要參與者Loomis, Fargo Ltd.，可溯源至美國西部。自此Securitas繼續擴展至全球，由非洲及南美至塞爾維亞及西班牙，去年已有超過15 個收購 (包括Guardforce 於香港的護衛服務)。 Securitas似乎很可能成為當地保安業的一個重要的力量。趣事一則：創辦人Sorensen有兩名兒子，兩人於1981年平分業務，其中一名兒子取得瑞典的業務，成為現時的 Securitas，另一名兒子則取得當時的國際性業務，發展成一門重要的業務，即現時有名的G4S。

*All figures quoted in this article have been provided by Securitas AB

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HKSA 活動快訊

HKSA Membership News

HKSA Announcements

he Hong Kong Security Association would like to inform its members of the following:

• Managers’ Training Program : The Association will soon roll out a tailor-made training program for middle and senior security managers. The course will be geared to industry acceptance. The tentative course name is “Diploma Course for Professional Managers.

invite all our members to attend, and to visit us at the HKSA booth. The HKSA will also be part of the the RETAILASIA Expo & Congress organized by Diversified Events Hong Kong Ltd, being held in June, 2010 in HKCEC.

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香港證券業協會向會員發佈以下最新訊息：

• • 經理培訓課程：協會即將開辦一個專爲中級和高級證券經理而設的培訓課程。課程將來可獲得業界認可。課程暫名爲［專業證券經理文憑課程］。 • • HKSA 參展活動：HKSA 是由香港展览服务有限公司將於2010年6月在 HKCEC（香港會議展覽中心）舉辦的Asian Securitex 2010（亞洲地區其中一個最重要的證券交易展覽會）贊助人之一，我們誠邀所有會員參加展覽會，並歡迎參觀HKSA展位。另外，HKSA亦即將參加由Diversified Events Hong Kong Ltd將於2010年6 月在HKCEC舉辦的RETAILASIA Expo & Congress。

• HKSA presence at exhibitions: The HKSA is a sponsor of the Asian Securitex 2010 Conference, to be held by the Hong Kong Exhibition Services Ltd in HKCEC in June, 2010. This is one of the leading security trade fairs in Asia, and we

HONG KONG SECURITY ASSOCIATION and SECURITY HONG KONG MAGAZINE

香港證券業協會與《香港證券》雜志 at 參展

ASIAN SECURITEX 2010 The HKSA and Security Hong Kong magazine invite you to come and meet us at our booth number 1B-130 at Asian Securitex 2010 香港證券業協會與《香港證券》雜志誠邀閣下參加Asian Securitex 2010展覽，並參觀我們的展位（展位號碼：1B-130）。 Asian Securitex 2010, June 2 – 4, 2010 Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre Hall Asian Securitex 2010，時間：2010年6月2日至4日地點：香港會議展覽中心

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HKSA Membership News HKSA 活動快訊

HKSA member gets top Best Practice Award 富城集團榮獲「最佳業務實踐獎－大獎」 Urban Group received the Best Practice Awards – Leadership by Example organized by the Best Practice Management Magazine in 2008 to recognize its achievements in adopting a strategic Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) model. The picture shows Ms Charlotte Chu, Senior Group Manager – Administration and Supply Chain of Urban Group (2nd from right) received the Best Practice Award – Leadership by Example from Ms Pauline Chan, Assistant Vice President – Customer Relations of PCCW Limited (2nd from left). First from left is Mr Sydney Yuen, Co-founder of the Best Practice Awards. 富城集團於2008年獲Best Practice Management Magazine頒發「最佳業務實踐獎－企業典範獎」，以嘉許其企業資源規劃管理的成績。圖為富城集團高級集團經理⎯⎯行政及物流朱仲玲小姐(右二)從頒獎嘉賓電訊盈科有限公司客戶關係助理副總裁陳寶珠女士（左二）手中接過「最佳業務實踐獎－企業典範獎」。左一為「最佳業務實踐獎」創辦人之一，袁達文先生。

rban Group recently received the Best Practice Awards – Grand Award, organized by Best Practice Management magazine to recognize its achievements in strategic management over the past years. Urban Group has been already awarded Best Practice in Innovation in 2003, Best Practice in Customer Relationship Management in 2004, and Best Practice in Leadership by Example in 2008 respectively. The objectives of the Best Practice Awards are to drive corporations to pursue management excellence in diverse business functions and to facilitate inter-corporations and cross-industries benchmarking by selecting outstanding corporations as role models. The judging criteria of the Awards are based on customers and employees’ level of satisfaction. Mr. Bevis Leung, Executive Director of Urban Group said, “It’s our honor to have received the Best Practice Awards – Grand Award from the Best Practice Management magazine. We are eager to participate in the benchmarking and sharing activities among different companies – like the Best Practice Awards – so that we can learn, thrive and develop

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together. These awards help us initiate new ideas and management concepts from other industries.” Mr. Leung continues, “On three occasions in the past, Urban Group has received Best Practice Awards, and we truly understand that perseverance and continuous improvement are the prime factors to attain best practice in different management areas.” Urban Group, a member of NWS Holdings Limited (Hong Kong Stock Code: 659), is one of the leading real estate and facility management services groups in Hong Kong. Currently, the Group manages 230 projects territory-wide, serving 1 million people in Hong Kong.

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城集團最近在由Best Practice Management Magazine舉辦的「最佳業務實踐獎」嘉許禮上榮獲「2009最佳業務實踐獎—大獎」，此獎項是頒發給於過去10 年在「最佳業務實踐獎」上有傑出表現的企業。富城集團共三度獲頒「最佳業務實踐獎」，分別為2003年獲「最佳業務實踐——創新獎」、2004年獲「最佳業務實踐—— 客戶關係管理獎」及2008年獲「

最佳業務實踐—企業典範獎」，肯定該集團在不同範疇上的卓越表現及優秀策略。「最佳業務實踐獎」旨在推動企業在各業務範疇追求卓越，透過選出表現傑出者，促進企業之間及跨界別的互相標桿學習，評審標準以客戶及員工的滿意度為依歸。富城集團執行董事梁偉成先生認為：「我們非常榮幸能夠獲得Best Practice Management Magazine頒發『最佳業務實踐獎— 大獎』，我們十分認同主辦機構希望透過企業借鑑交流以達至共同發展這一理念，透過參與此獎項，讓我們能將跨行業和界別的的新元素融入富城的管理當中，因此多年來我們都積極參與此活動。」梁偉成先生續指出：「我們曾先後三次獲該機構頒發最佳業務實踐獎，在以往參與此獎項的過程中，讓我們深切明白到要在不同企業管理範疇達到最佳業務實踐，必須堅守『持續進步』及『持之以恆』，方能成功。」富城集團為新創建集團(香港股份代號：0659)成員，是香港最具規模的房地產及設施管理服務集團之一。該集團現負責管理全港 230個項目，為逾一百萬位香港市民服務。