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The R.A.F. units affected by the move will be repositioned at
Sek Kong within the area already occupied by the Army. Technical
accommodation for the helicopter squadron will be built at Sek Kong
airstrip. Quarters for R.A.F. personnel will be. constructed nearby.
All but four acres of the Victoria Barracks site is scheduled
to be returned to the Government by March 31, 1979. The headquarters
and other units now in the barracks will be rehoused in a new complex
to be built inside E.M.S. Tamar.
The four-acre site which is being retained by the Army is in one
corner of the barracks and contains a newly-built multi-storey block;
further quarters will be constructed on the site, as part of the re-
provisioning of the barracks.
The cost of repositioning the R.A.F, at Sek Kong and the Army
and Joint Services
HMS Tamar will be borne by the Hong Kong Government,
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at an estimated cost of $175 million.
A Government spokesman said that the revenue to be realised as
a result of developing R.A.F. Kai Tak and Victoria Barracks, after they have
been vacated, will obviously depend on the decisions taken for their
eventual use.
**The revenue is, however, likely to be substantial and the
return from the sale of only a part of these large areas will more than
cover the cost of reprovisioning."
The spokesman emphasised that the increase in Hong Kong's
contribution to the defence costs to over 50 per cent is tied to the release
dates of these two most valuable sites.
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