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anti-illegal immigrant (II) patrol commitment for half of the border in 1991, and to assume responsibility for the whole border by 1993. By that stage the RHKP also planned

to have:

11.

a. Raised additional PTU IS companies and expanded the Auxiliary Police Force (APF) to assume existing military IS tasks.

b.

Expanded the Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force (RHKAAF) (2) to provide helicopter and fixed wing support for the RHKP in addition to existing S&R (3)

duties.

Re-equipped the Marine Police (MARPOL) to take over

the Royal Navy Hong Kong (RNHK) Squadron's local roles.

C.

The Future Garrison Plan. CDS 7/87 reviewed a number

of alternative options for the composition and rundown of the garrison during the years to 1997 but selected the solution known as the 'Sovereign Force Phased Withdrawal' (4). This determined that the strength of the garrison would reduce from its current level of 4 battalions in stages during the period 1988-1997. The reductions would be event-driven and not tied to a rigid timetable; in addition they would match but provide flexible overlap of

Notes:

2.

The RHKAAF Is to be retitled. The term Hong Kong Government Flying Service Department (HKGFSD) will be used hereafter in this paper, but should not be considered as the definitive final title.

3. To permit distinction from the Special Administration Region (SAR), the abbreviation "S&R" will be used to denote "Search and Rescue" throughout this paper.

4.

The title "Sovereign Force Hong Kong" was conceived during the development of CDS 7/87. The case for its rejection is argued at paragraph 44.

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