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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1994

TENDERS MUST BE ADDRESSED ΤΟ THE

CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX AT THE LIFT LOBBY ON THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE NOON ON NOVEMBER 11.

LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE TO DISBAND

AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS SERVICE, HONG KONG'S OWN 48 GURKHA INFANTRY BRIGADE IS TO DISBAND.

THE BRIGADE, WHICH HAS ITS HEADQUARTERS

AT SEK KONG, HAS EXERCISED OPERATIONAL CONTROL OVER THE ARMY COMBAT UNITS OF THE HONG KONG GARRISON.

THE OCCASION WILL BE MARKED BY A PARADE FEATURING THE COMBINED PIPES AND DRUM BANDS OF 1ST AND 2ND ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES

WILL PERFORM ESSENTIALLY THE SAME MUSIC AS WAS PLAYED AT THE BRIGADE'S FORMATION PARADE IN OCTOBER 1941.

WHO

FOLLOWING THE PARADE, THERE WILL BE A REVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND ITS VICTORIA CROSSES (VC) CITATIONS.

BRIGADE'S

THE LOWERING OF THE BRIGADE FLAG, FOR THE LAST TIME, WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY PIPERS FROM THE QUEEN'S GURKHA SIGNALS. THE EVENING WILL FINISH WITH A SHORT FIREWORK DISPLAY.

THE BRIGADE DISTINGUISHED ITSELF DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN BURMA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND AGAIN DURING OPERATIONS IN MALAYA.

THE LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE COMMANDED INCLUDES WELL KNOWN SOLDIERS SUCH AS: MAJOR GENERAL MIKE CARLTON-SMITH, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SIR PETER DUFFELL AND FIELD MARSHALL SIR JOHN CHAPPLE.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE PARADE AND FLAG LOWERING CEREMONY ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 25). THOSE WISHING TO ATTEND SHOULD REPORT TO THE MAIN GATE OF BORNEO LINES, SEK KONG, NEW TERRITORIES, NO LATER THAN 7.45 PM. MILITARY PRESS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.

LIST

ATTACHED IS A CHRONOLOGY, A LIST OF BATTLE HONOURS AND A OF VC WINNERS FROM 48 BRIGADE, WHICH MAY BE USEFUL FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION.

/CHRONOLOGY OF