Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park puts emergency preparedness to test in drill involving 5,000
Secretary chief Chris Tang says five-hour event shows effectiveness of staff in managing safety stressors
An emergency rescue exercise unfolded at Kai Tak Youth Sports Ground on Saturday involving a man falling down the stairs and yelling in pain while responders swooped in to treat him.
The staged sequence was a part of the five-hour stress test involving 5,000 people at the new stadium.
In under a minute, three medical staff rushed to treat the man, wrapping his leg with bandages and applying an ice bag before an ambulance arrived to take him to hospital.
Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung said on Saturday the swift execution of the exercises showed the effectiveness of emergency responders in dealing with various safety stressors. The entire process took just 15 minutes.
This is the third exercise conducted at the facility, covering crowd entry and exit, security checks and emergency response.
Lam Mak-ham, chief inspector with police’s key points and search division under its major events bureau, said the main goal of the drill was to test the “coordination and cooperation” between different departments.
