CONFIDENTIAL
BFBS INTERVIEW WITH THE LPS: ESSENTIAL FACTS
DSR 11C
1. Under the Defence Costs Agreement between the
Ministry of Defence and the Hong Kong Government signed
in 1980, the Hong Kong Garrison is being expanded from
four to five Battalions. Initially, the 5th Battalion
will be a Gurkha one but it is intended to replace it
with a British Battalion later.
2. No thought has been given to what might happen to the
Garrison after 1997. There are more important issues to
be resolved before that one.
Hong Kong and General Department,
February 1982
CONFIDENTIAL