The escalating levels of civil unrest in Cairo, Egypt has led to several government bodies in Asia-Pacific to issue travel warnings.
In Hong Kong, the Security Bureau has issued the “red” Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) – meaning that travel to Egypt has been labelled as a “significant threat”, and travellers are advised to adjust their plans and avoid non-essential travel to the country.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Singapore has likewise issued a travel notice, advising citizens to defer non-essential travel to the country, in particular, Cairo, Alexandria and Suez.
The Australian government has also upgraded its travel warning for Egypt, urging citizens to reconsider their needs to visit the country. This warning increase follows the “Exercise a high degree of caution” alert issued earlier.
The ongoing conflict follows a speech of defiance by Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, who has vowed to protect his reign regardless of a potential intervention by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which would in effect subsume his government.
Clement Huang
