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Location of Construction
13. It is proposed that, based on an overall buy of 5 vessels, the initial one should be built in the UK. This has dvantages in that the MOD Ship Department remains the design authority and oversight is much easier in the U.K.
Another tender would be invited for the remainder of the vessels which would cover a wider field and include Hong Kong firms.
The Way Ahead
14. Now that the studies called for under the Javal Staff Target (JST) have been completed, the next step is to write a Naval Staff Requirement (NSR). This is a more specific document than the NST and forms the "blue print" to which the craft will be designed and built.
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The aval Staffs will begin work on the draft of a SR which it is honed to submit to MOD committees for clearance early next year. It would therefore be greatly appreciated if the Hong Kong Government could agree in principle to the solution by the end of the year.
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