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FORBIGE SEC
BOIG LONG PC
4 JULY 1989
FROM EGG FOR COI RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERKICE
GIVEN BY THE FORRIGE SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOVE,
IN HONG KONG,
OF TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1989
TRANSCRIPT C (CONTINIVED FROM TRANSCRIPT B)
QUESTION:
According to the timetable, in 1992 the first Gurkha
Battalion of 48 BK will be withdrawn from Hong Kong. Do you think
it is wise to run down the Gurkhas in the 1990s when they may be
required even more than ever to provide stability in Hong Kong and
to cope with disorders that way arise?
FORBIGE SECRETARY:
I think the most important consideration that must be taken
into account in addressing that question is the provision in the
Joint Declaration that Bong Kong should be responsible for its own
internal security. It is for that reason that the Hong Kong Police
Force establishment has been growing in the years since the Joint
Declaratio was made.