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30. Current HQ BFHK plans envisage HQ 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade and
Land Forces Hong Kong remaining operational until December 1996;
although its size will reduce by then, commensurate with its role and
other reductions of the Garrison. It will be
responsible
implementing the detail of the HQBF Hong Kong Garrison Withdrawal Plan
for
the direction of HQ BFHK; and, together with the Defence Land
Agent, for conducting the practical management and handover of the
defence estate.
31. The RN and RAF HQS have recently been subject to external audit
and approval. These HQS should remain in being until 1997, or until
no longer required for operational reasons, and will be closely
involved, under the overall direction of HQBF HK, in the planning and
implementation of the rundown of their respective organisations. Their
size and structure, and that of the RN and RAF forces they command,
will be adjusted and contract during the rundown, commensurate with
the operational support needs and size of the Garrison as a whole.
REINFORCEMENT PLANS
32. JTP 30. Reductions in force levels and equipment stocks in
Theatre will necessitate the amendment and expansion of the Hong Kong
reinforcement plan (JTP 30). In future, it is proposed that all unit
equipment (less general purpose vehicles) and combat supplies required
by reinforcing units should accompany the units by air. The consequent
increased requirement for air movement will need to be calculated, and
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