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become surplus to requirements.
All items not identified, by a given
date, for use by the HKG or the Equipment Managers, should then be
assumed to be available for disposal in-Theatre. BFHK could then
identify opportunities for gifting or sales in Theatre. Remaining
equipment would then be disposed of as waste or scrap. Receipts would
be allocated in accordance with the DCA.
KEY ISSUES FOR REVIEW
BATTALION WITHDRAWAL DATES
15.
The 1991 Review', which is still unfunded, envisaged retention
of the option of delaying the
the withdrawal of the second Gurkha
battalion until 1995, that is FY 95/96. It also concluded that it
might be necessary to retain the third Gurkha battalion until late
1996 or early 1997, and that the UK battalion remain until June 1997.
Decisions on the withdrawal dates of the second
dates of the second and third Gurkha
battalions were to be reassessed in the 1993 Review. Following the
guidance given in the MOD policy paper 'The Rundown of the Hong Kong
Garrison to 1997' the infantry battalions should be withdrawn as
follows:
CDS 32/91.
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