TNAG-0544-FCO40-639-Strength-of-garrison-in-Hong-Kong-1975 — Page 147

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The detailed provisions of the agreement

will be embodied in a Memorandum of Understanding which

will include a formula under which costs will be

adjusted in the light of changing price and currency exchange rates during the period of the agreement. There will also be a review clause covering, among other things, material changes in the size and costs

of the garrison. Further work which remains to

be done in the preparation of the Memorandum of

Understanding and related documents is set out in the

attached Annex.

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The United Kingdom Government acknowledges

the substantial increase in the financial contribution

to be made by the Hong Kong Government, and recognizes

the importance attached by that Government to a further release for civil use of land held by the British Forces. Accordingly, the United Kingdom Government has undertaken to release land at present occupied by the RAF at Kai Tak and by the Army at Victoria Barracks. Subject to the re-provisioning by the Hong Kong Government of essential facilities at agreed sites, the land at Kai Tak will be released during the financial year 1977/78, and the land at Victoria Barracks during

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