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HQBF/HMS TAMAR.
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This is a very high profile location
which the HKG would not wish to be available for use by the
PLA or the PRC Navy Currently, we are examining with the HKG
the possibility of the Prince of Wales HQ building being
taken over by the Police or used as the British Consulate after
1997. Either would be an ideal solution as it would enable
us to continue to use at least part of the building (in
particular the communications centre) until final withdrawal.
Additionally, the RN PC can only operate from HMS TAMAR
because of the base support facilities required, so the
basin must be retained at least as long as we retain PC.
However, the MARPOL may wish to take over the naval base.
b. Stanley Barracks. Although not truly an urban site,
the location of Stanley Barracks on Hong Kong Island
makes it very important. The HKG naturally have no wish
to retain a barracks on Hong Kong Leland into which the PLA could move. There is, therefore, a requirement for
HKG to identify a future use for the Stanley peninsula,
and it will be necessary to relocate the UK battalion
before 1995.
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Gun Club Hill Barracks. Gun Club Hill is in a
Rencumber all prime development area in the centre of Kowloon. Once
the rundown of units commences in the early 1990s, Gun Club Hill could be given up and remaining garrison
apart perhaps from a small enclave
containing the church, the schools and a Services
recreation club.
subsequent sub-paro elements relocated
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d.
Blackdown and Osborn Barracks. Both these Kowloon
sites are in prime areas. Osborn contains the accommodation
earmarked for the garrison reinforcement units, the Joint
Service Movements Centre and a number of small units
which will be essential as long as the garrison is in Hong Kong. Blackdown is the Composite Ordnance Depot,
but its facilities could be provided elsewhere as
storage space became available in the early part of the
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