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BOIG LONG
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4 JULY 1989
FROM EGG FOR COI RADIO TECHNICAL SERVICES
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERKICE
GIVEN BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY, SIR GEOFFREY HOWE,
IN HONG KONG,
OB TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1989
TRAESCRIPT C (CONTIIVED FROM TRANSCRIPT B)
QUESTION:
According to the timetable, in 1992 the first Gurkha
Battalion of 48 BK will be withdrawn from Hong Kong. Do you think
it is wise to run down the Gurkhas in the 1990s when they may be required even more than ever to provide stability in Hong Kong and
to cope with disorders that may arise?
FOREIGN SECRETARY:
I think the most important consideration that must be taken
into account in addressing that question is the provision in the Joint Declaration that Bong Kong should be responsible for its own
internal security. It is for that reason that the Bong Kong Police
Force establishment has been growing in the years since the Joint
Declaratim was made.