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THE HONG KONG GARRISON
ANNEX B
ILLUSTRATIVE FORCE STRUCTURE (as at January 1995)
1. Headquarters staff. 200 personnel.
2. RN. Three patrol craft and 500 personnel.
3. Army. One Gurkha infantry battalion, comprising 950 personnel; a logistics regiment comprising 500 personnel: and a signals
regiment comprising 300 personnel.
4. RAF. Maximum of eight Wessex helicopters and 250 personnel.
5. Support services. 800 personnel.
6. Total manpower. 3500 comprising:
[] UK military.
[] Gurkha.
[] locally entered military personnel.
[] UK civilians.
[] locally employed civilians.
7. Defence Estate. Four sites: the Prince of Wales Building;
Stonecutters Island; Sek Kong airfield and barracks; and Osborn
barracks.
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