A four-day national workshop on maritime security drills and exercise is being conducted in Hong Kong, China (16-19 December) under IMO’s Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP), in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Marine Department of the Government of the Hong-Kong, China Special Administrative Region. The purpose of the workshop is to test the effectiveness of the maritime security measures as mandated by SOLAS chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code by planning and conducting maritime security drills and exercises, with a view to improving the effectiveness of the port facility security plan (PFSP).