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ANNEX A TO MO 5/14 OF 8TH JULY 1975
COSTS OF PROPOSED HONG KONG GARRISON
EM Per Annum
1975/6 Estimates Prices
Royal Navy
Army
1 frigate and support (1)
1 UK Infantry battalion
3 Gurkha Infantry battalions (2) 1 Gurkha Engineer Field Squadron
(plus Training Wing)
Logistic Support
2.9
22.2
Royal Air Force
1 helicopter squadron and support
1.6
Works Services
5.0
Air Trooping
1.6
33.3
Rounded to
33.5
Notes
(1) Includes refit cost (£0.5M per annum) spread
equally over a five year period.
(2) If the fourth Gurkha battalion were to move to
Hong Kong when it is withdrawn from Brunei, the cost of the proposed garrison would increase by £2.3M per annum.
(3)
The costs of maintaining the present patrol craft (£0.8M per annum) and the artillery battery (£1.3M per annum) would have to be borne in full by the Hong Kong Government, if they wished to retain them.
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