MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Main Building, Whitchall, London SWIA 2HB
Telephone (Direct Dialling) 01-218
(Switchboard) 01-218 9000
01-218
Honcurable L M Davies CMG OBE
Secretary for Security Hong Kong Government
Dear Mr Davies
ROYAL NAVY REPLACEMENT PATROL CRAFT FOR HONG KONG - AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERMENT OF HONG KONG AND THE UK MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (NAVY)
This letter and your reply record the agreement reached between our
Governments concerning
(1) the procurement by the Ministry of Defence (Navy), following
consultation with the Hong Kong Government, of 5 patrol craft to Naval
Staff Requirement 7015 (the vessels) to replace the 5 Ton Class ships
currently deployed in Hong Kong;
(2) the financial contribution to be made by the Hong Kong Government
towards such procurement and the financial arrangements therefore; and
(3) other matters relating thereto.
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2. The procurement of the vessels and the apportionment of the capital costs
thereof is outwith the Defence Costs Agreement 1981 (DCA) and shall be governed
this exchange of letters. It is acknowledged that, after the introduction of ea
of the vessels into service with the garrison in Hong Kong, the running costs o
each such vessel introduced (which shall include, but without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, the costs set out in paragraph 9 hereto), will the
after be shared and recovered in accordance with the DCA current at the time th.
they are incurred by the Ministry of Defence (Navy).
3.
The Ministry of Defence (Navy) will be solely responsible for entering int
contract with a Shipbuilder for the design, build and trials of the vessels and
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