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The truck-pull is only one of 12 sporting activities which organiser Warrant Officer (WO1) Sandy McCauley has arranged to put the men through their paces.
"It's going to be a busy 24 hours," said WO1 McCauley, "with the teams taking part in rugby, football, basketball and hockey games. However, we'll sort out the men from the boys in the early hours of the morning when they will be expected to work out on the rowing machines, run a relay race and finish off with tug-of-war.
"They'll be very tired at the end of the event," he added, "but it will be worth it if we can raise plenty of money for the two charities."
The Hong Kong Logistic Support Regiment is known as the 1,000-Day Regiment because of its short lifespan and it is unusual in that it is made up of British, Chinese and Gurkha personnel.
It was formed in April 1994 as part of the drawdown of British Forces in the territory and the need to concentrate and manage the remaining logistic expertise.
The regiment employs over 500 military and civilian personnel and has its headquarters at Osborn Barracks, Kowloon Tong.
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