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TRANSCRIPT C PORBIGE SEC BONG KONG
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TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERRICE
GIVEN BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOVE,
IN BONG KORG,
O TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1989
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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Battalion of 48 BK will be withdrawn from Hong Kong.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 my be
required even more than ever to provide stability in Hong Kong and
to cope with disorders that may arism?
PORBIGE 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 #faturnal security. It is for that reason that the Hong Kong Police
Force establishment has been growing in the years since the Joint
Declaration was made.