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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1990

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TRUST FUND TO BE SET UP FOR HONG KONG SOLDIERS

A TRUST FUND IS TO BE SET UP WITH THE AIM OF THE HONG KONG MILITARY SERVICE CORPS WHEN THE BY 1997.

OF HELPING MEMBERS CORPS IS DISBANDED

PETER HONG KONG

THE CREATION OF THE TRUST WAS ANNOUNCED BY MAJOR GENERAL DUFFELL, COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, AT A DINNER FOR LEADING CITIZENS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AT HMS TAMAR THIS THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WAS GUEST OF HONOUR.

EVENING (JUNE 8).

ELEMENT OF THE BY 1997 SERVICE TO

GENERAL DUFFELL SAID THAT THE CHINESE SERVICE GARRISON HAD "UNDERSTANDABLE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE AND

HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH LOYAL THOSE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS WHO THE GARRISON WILL BE DISCHARGED.

OF A

CREATION THE DIRECTED HAVE MIND, I IN THIS "WITH

то BE THIS WILL

ESTABLISHED AIM THAT CHARITABLE TRUST, WITH THE

KONG RELIEVE DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP AMONGST FORMER MEMBERS OF THE HONG

IS MY INTENTION VERY MILITARY SERVICE CORPS AND THE ROYAL NAVY. IT

FOR THIS TRUST AND I WOULD SHORTLY TO LAUNCH AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS WELCOME AND APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS MATTER.

BRITISH

IS ALSO COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WELCOMING SIR DAVID, WHO

TO FORCES, AND OTHER GUESTS, GENERAL DUFFELL SAID: "WE HAVE ASKED YOU

VERY MUCH PART OF YOUR COME TONIGHT BECAUSE AS A GARRISON WE FEEL

OF

REMARKABLE THIS FUTURE COMMUNITY. WE SHARE YOUR HOPES

IN AND OUT OF TERRITORY, NOT LEAST UNIFORM, WORK WITH US.

|

THE FOR BECAUSE 4,000 LOCAL

PEOPLE,

KONG HONG

OF

VERY

AND I PLACE THE GARRISON IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO GREAT EMPHASIS ON THE QUALITY OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL ASPECTS HONG KONG SOCIETY. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT IN ALL OUR WORK AND I AM CONSCIOUS OF THE ASSISTANCE WHICH THE GARRISON RECEIVES BOTH FROM GOVERNOR AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.'

THE

THE GARRISON EARLIER IN HIS SPEECH, GENERAL DUFFELL SAID:

PRIMARILY TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT STATIONED IN THE TERRITORY MAINTAINING SECURITY AND STABILITY, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR LAND AND

IN CONFIDENCE

THE UNITED KINGDOM'S BORDERS AND TO SUSTAIN COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG.

IS

IN

SEA

STATED

"YOU WILL KNOW THAT

IN

MARSHES

SENSITIVE LAND BORDER 24 HOURS A CONTROL ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA. I CANNOT RECOMMEND DUTY IN THE AN AS CHASING MANGROVE OF THE MAI PO

BUT WITHOUT THIS WORK, ATTRACTIVE PASTIME IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

FROM THE ROYAL HONG CARRIED OUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR COLLEAGUES

WOULD ILLEGAL ARRIVALS THE DAILY DRIBBLE KONG POLICE FORCE, QUICKLY BECOME A FLOOD.

THIS RESPECT

DAY.

A BATTALION EVERY DAY OF THE

MANS YEAR,

THE

TO

ELUSIVE AN

QUARRY

OF

"THE ROYAL

NAVY, TOO,

PLAYS

ITS

DEMONSTRATING SOVEREIGNTY AT SEA AND SUPPORTS THE IN THE FULL RANGE OF THEIR TASKS WHICH I MIGHT SHARE OF DIFFICULTY AND DANGER.

TRADITIONAL

ROLE

IN

MARINE AUTHORITIES SAY HAVE THEIR

FAIR

/"THE RAF'S