Taipei: MRT Taipei City Hall Station and Taipei City Hall Bus Station will stage a joint drill at 1 p.m. Friday, simulating a gasoline-bomb attack and an indiscriminate assault, with emergency alerts sent to the public via cellphone messages. The exercise is intended to raise public security awareness and strengthen coordination among response teams and support units in dealing with major violent incidents, according to Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an.According to Focus Taiwan, under the plan by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corp. (TRTC), the exercise will be conducted in three stages. It will begin with a simulated gasoline-bomb attack by an assailant at MRT Taipei City Hall Station, followed by an indiscriminate assault at Taipei City Hall Bus Station. The drill will conclude with a mass-casualty response outside Exit 2 of the metro station.The city government has stated that cellphone alerts will be sent out in Chinese and English, labeled "Drill" and "Test" to indicate a simulated major emergency. Recipients ar e advised not to panic or take any action.TRTC also mentioned that a similar drill will take place at the end of January, simulating multiple assailants carrying out attacks at Taipei Main Station, which is served by Taiwan Railway, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taipei Metro. A third exercise will be conducted just before the Lunar New Year holiday, beginning on Feb. 14, with New Taipei Metro simulating wider attacks by multiple assailants at stations in the Greater Taipei area, though an exact date was not provided.