Philippines travel alert is vindictive

Alice Wu advocates keeping the black travel alert on the Philippines ("Black mark", August 26).self storageHow sensible is it to lump that country with Syria and Egypt, trouble-torn countries which no right-thinking person would want to go to on holiday or business? Howard Winn's view in Lai See on keeping the ban in place is correct ("HK'迷你倉 travel alerts more a threat to common sense", August 21).It is petty and vindictive to maintain the black alert, despite the geopolitics involved in the issue.Meanwhile, it seems that Hongkongers keep going to the Philippines, with tourist and business figures remaining steady, and probably climbing.M. S. Basquejo, Causeway Bay文件倉