The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region advised its citizens against traveling to the Philippines because of the ongoing standoff between members of Nur Misuari-led faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and government forces.

The island has maintained its black travel alert, which cautioned citizens against "all travel" to the Philippines, since August 2010 when a botched hostage-rescue attempt at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta Park caused the lives of eight Hong Kong tourists.

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