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RECRUITMENT AND RE-ENGAGEMENT WHICH SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF AT ALL

POSSIBLE.

2) SAVINGS ON BUDGETARY AND CAPITAL COSTS IN HONG KONG WOULD BE

LARGELY OFFSET BY NEED TO MAINTAIN ACCOMMODATION FOR FAMILIES

IN U.K. WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF.

3) IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN TO TROOPS ANY DECISION NOW

TO CHANGE TO UNACCOMPANIED TOURS IN TERMS WHICH WOULD ALSO

SATISFY CIVILIAN POPULATION IN HONG KONG, PARTICULARLY SINCE

ALL UNITS HAD THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEM THROUGHOUT LAST YEAR'S

CAMPAIGN OF TERRORISM,

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C.O. H.K.D.

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