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direction on the size of the defence estate and on what is to be left
behind will
will facilitate the planning process and greatly ease the
burden of disposing of material. In principle, as much as possible
should be left in situ rather than back-loaded to the UK; thereby
reducing the workload in the final months.
POLICY FOR THE DISPOSAL OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT
13. The current formal disposal process for military equipment is
lengthy and not well-suited to the support needs for proposed drawdown
of the Garrison. Currently, the DCA requires that all BFHK equipment
available for disposal be offered to the HKG. Items are then offered
to the Equipment Managers for redeployment worldwide, and Defence
Sales are required to research the possibility of the sale of
equipments to foreign governments or to individual dealers. Finally,
if no requirement is identified, the equipment can be disposed of in-
Theatre by scrapping. This extended procedure, involving delays at
each stage, has already caused supply storage facilities to be
overloaded with items awaiting disposal. As the rate of disposal
accelerates towards 1997, the problems caused by the time delay in
receiving disposal instructions will be exacerbated.
14. BFHK require authority from Directorate of Sales (Disposals) to
dispose of military equipments by exception. Both the HKG and the
Equipment Managers should identify items they wish to utilise. BFHK
can assist this process by providing a list of equipments that will
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