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BRITISH COMMANDER HEADS HK HONOURS LIST

THE

MAJOR-GENERAL KNIGHTHOOD

COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES HONG KONG, FOLEY, IS NOW SIR JOHN FOLLOWING THE AWARD OF A QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY HONOURS LIST PUBLISHED ON SATURDAY,

SIR JOHN BECOMES A KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF AND HEADS A LIST OF SIX SOLDIERS TO BE HONOURED IN HONG KONG,

JOHN IN THE

THE BATH

SERVICE

IT IS ALSO A ROLE HR HAS OF HRR

SIR JOHN'S AWARD IS CONFERRED TO MARK HIS OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT A LONG CAREER OF EXCEPTIONALLY SELFLESS DUTY. TRIBUTE ΤΟ THE MOST VALUABLE, POSITIVE AND PROMINENT PLAYED IN

KONG AND TO HIS HONG

INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE TERRITORY DURING THE MAJESTY'S FORCES DRAWING DOWN THE GARRISON IN THE APPROACH TO 1997.

DIFFICULT PROCESS

OF

HIS CITATION STATES "THAT THIS DIFFICULT PROCESS HAS GOT OFF TO SUCH A SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT START IS TESTIMONY TO HIS EXCEPTIONAL HARD WORK, FIRM LEADERSHIP AND ABILITY TO LEAD OTHERS.

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PREVIOUSLY HE HAS

SEEN ACTIVE SERVICE IN ADEN, NORTHERN IRELAND, CYPRUS AND OMAN, WHERE HE WAS AWARDED THE MILITARY CROSS FOR

LEADERSHIP UNDER DECISIVE

FIRE. HE LEAVES

KONG HONG

IN AUGUST, ON PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL, TO TAKE UP A SENIOR STAFF POST IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE IN LONDON.

MILITARY OUTSTANDING

KONG AMONG THE OTHER AWARDS, CORPORAL LEE CHUN MOU OF THE HONG

IS AWARDED SERVICE CORPS

THE MBE FOR HIS LOYAL AND RECENTLY SERVICE IN DRAGON COMPANY OF THE CORPS AND MORE

WORK AS AN HIS OUTSTANDING

INTERPRETER IN SUPPORT OF THE BRITISH FORCES' CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANTI-SMUGGLING EFFORT IN HONG KONG.

GURKHA ENGINEERS

FURTHER MBES GO TO MEN FROM THE QUEEN'S TWO FOR THEIR EFFORTS DURING THE DISASTER RELIEF OPERATION FOLLOWING YBAR'S FLOODS IN NEPAL.

WHITE, JOHN

WHO HAS SINCR BEEN

LAST

RNGLAND, NOTICE

MAJOR

TO POSTED COMMANDED THE 68 GURKHA FIELD SQUADRON WHICH WAS SENT AT SHORT IN JULY 1993 IN RESPONSE TO AN URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOLLOWING TORRENTIAL MONSOON RAIN.

STAFF

INEXPERIENCED

LED AN SERGEANT KRISHNADHOJ SAHI FROM 68 SQUADRON QUE

WORKFORCE

AND OF BRITISH GURKHAS

NEPALESE SOLDIERS,

THAT TWO INTO AN EFFICIENT TEAM AND ENSURING THEM

CRUCIAL FORGING

VITAL SUPPLIES BRIDGES WERE BUILT IN ATROCIOUS CONDITIONS TO ENABLE TO BE MOVED.

MAJOR MICHAEL LEUNG CH1-PING OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT IS AND THE AWARDED THE MBE FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE REGIMENT LOCAL COMMUNITY.

FOR

THE MBE ALSO GORS TO SQUADRON LEADER PADDY GALLAUGHER RAF HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT AND DEVOTION TO DUTY IN HIS ROLE OF ORGANISING THE MOVEMENT OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT BY AIR TO AND FROM HONG KONG.

/FOLLOWING IS