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JSIS has been under full comd CBF HK since Apr 92.

Garrison Activities

RHKP now have full control of the border and are being gen effective.

ORP is continuing satisfactorily.

Voluntary repatriation figures are running at about 1200 a month and there have now been 5 mandatory repatriation flights which excite less and less media attention.

Detention Centre on the Sek Kong runway to close by

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Gar support for the ASTF continues.

Recently the RN PC have had some impressive results.

CPV activity in HK waters in relation to small boat smuggling has reduced.

Chinese are now paying more attention to coastal trading vessels plying between HK and Vietnam and several cargos have been impounded by PRC authorities on suspicion of smuggling.

role.

The RN PC continues to play a major anti smuggling

Developing Concept of Operations.

Review of aspects of concept of operations as well as command and control arrangements.

Disbandment of RHKR (V).

Scheduled for Autumn 1995.

Manning

Gurkhas.

The amalgamation of 1/2 GR and 2/2 GR takes place 14 Sep in HK.

Gurkhas leaving the Army on pension/redundancy have to go home to Nepal but the signs are improving that there are increasing opportunities for ex Gurkhas to find gainful employment elsewhere.

HK still awaits a decision on whether 28 Sqn GTR is to return to UK 93 or 95.

LEP.

Recruitment and retention of LEP at the correct

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