英国伦敦金融区80家公司的1000多名员工将于28日参加本年度大规模反恐演习，以解决危机状况下移动电话网络超载问题并确保公司具有紧急疏散用的交通手段。

    据英国《每日电讯报》网站11月28日报道，这次演习的区域位于伦敦金融城和金丝雀码头商业区，演习是由英国金融服务管理局、英格兰银行（英国中央银行）和财政部3方共同组织的。尽管组织方事前没有透露演习人员将需要应对什么样的紧急情况，但预料参演公司的管理者将接受一系列考验，如找到公交车将员工运送到灾难应急处理中心、分散员工以避免遭受俗称“脏弹”的生化武器的袭击。

    去年在伦敦金融区进行的反恐演习的重点是如何确保金融公司的电脑系统在危机过后尽早恢复运作。但是，在经历了今年7月伦敦地铁连环爆炸事件之后，各公司管理者发现，与财产损失相比，同员工保持畅通的联络有时显得更为困难。于是，今年演习的组织者希望将重点转移到移动通讯网络和公共交通体系在危机中的承受能力方面。

    报道说，迄今伦敦金融城管理当局已经组织了超过500次的灾难演习。

    A bomb has exploded and the London transport network is in meltdown. How should you react to keep yourself and your business going? This is the sort of scenario that will be presented to financial executives at 80 firms across the City of London and Canary Wharf today as part of the world's biggest-ever catastrophe drill.

    KPMG and consultants Crisis Solutions, who have devised the scenarios, are keeping quiet about what the situations will involve.

    However, managers could be tested on their ability to find buses to get staff to disaster recovery centres or prevent contamination in the event of a dirty bomb by separating employees.

    The exercise, which involves more than 1,000 people, is being organised by the Financial Services Authority, the Bank of England and the Treasury - the Tripartite Authorities - under the scrutiny of American central bankers and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

    Last year's drill focused on ensuring computer systems could be re-activated as quickly as possible. During the July attacks on the Tube, however, there was little impact on infrastructure. Firms found it harder to account for staff, especially those who were travelling, and to relocate them.

    As a result, the authorities have turned their attention to tackling mobile network overload and ensuring firms have emergency transport.

    The FSA will review findings from today's three-hour exercise and compare how prepared firms and managers are.

    So far, the Corporation of London has carried out more than 500 disaster rehearsals in the Capital.