With just over a month to go before the 15th National Games begin, the police said they would ensure that all events are carried out in a safe, orderly and secure manner.

Ensuring a smooth Games is among the police commissioner's top operational priorities for the year.

Hong Kong will co-host the Games, which begin on November 9, for the first time along with Guangdong and Macau.

Since November last year, the force has been carrying out cross-departmental exercises at all competition venues, as well as test events, to step up the city's coordination and emergency response procedures.

Senior superintendent Lok Wai-lurk, from the operations wing for the National Games, said police would continue to assess the situation and deploy resources accordingly, even though the SAR's terrorist threat level currently stands at moderate.

"This means that there is a possibility of an attack, but there is no specific intelligence suggesting that Hong Kong will likely become a target," he said.

"But I reiterated that we will continuously assess the situation and intelligence, and carry out appropriate operational deployment. We already have relevant response plans in place."

As for possible bogus bomb threats during the Games, senior superintendent of operations, Yip Kit-fai, said the force is confident that they can handle such cases.

It comes after two bomb hoaxes were reported at Kai Tak Sports Park in April and May, respectively.

"During large-scale events, we will carry out a search at the event venues before the start of competitions to ensure safety. During the competitions, we will also search spectators when they enter the venue," he said.

"As for how to handle such cases, we have already carried out a lot of table top exercises. The aim is to cover various emergencies, such as bogus bomb threats. We already have an established mechanism with venue operators and security guards on how to handle such incidents."

Lok noted the weekend of November 15 -16 would be the busiest for the National Games in Hong Kong, as golf, men's U22 basketball, track cycling, fencing, triathlon and cross-boundary athletics (marathon) would be held during that period.

He said the force would work with the National Games co-ordination office and other government departments on crowd and traffic management, and reduce the time needed for road closures for cross-boundary events, so as to minimise disruptions to the public.