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IN OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSPORT IN HONG KONG BUT 28 SQN QOGTR AND THE MOV DETS IN BRUNEI AND NEPAL WILL BE UNAFFECTED. 415 MARITIME TP WILL BE DISESTABLISHED. THE LOG SP REGT WILL BE BASED IN OSBORN BARRACKS WITH DETTACHMENTS IN SEK KONG. BLACKDOWN BARRACKS WILL CLOSE. 50 HK WKSP WILL REDUCE IN SIZE AND EQUIPMENT SUPPORT WILL BE RATIONALISED ON A TRI SERVICE BASIS. ONE WKSP WILL REMAIN IN OSBORN BARRACKS, BASED ON THE LOG SP REGT WKSP, TO SUPPORT HONG KONG AND KOWLOON BASED UNITS
H. RMP HK. RMP HK WILL REDUCE TO THE MINIMUM LEVEL NECESSARY
I. INT AND SY. A NEW RATIONALISED STRUCTURE WILL BE INTRODUCED ON THE STAFF AND AT UNIT LEVEL TO REFLECT THE JOINT SERVICE NATURE OF THE FUTURE ORBAT. A JOINT INT AND SY UNIT WILL BE FORMED AT PLATOON STRENGTH TO INCORPORATE ELEMENTS OF 10 INT AND SY AND RAF P AND SS J. MED SVCS. ALL IN THEATRE MED RESOURCES WILL BE RATIONALISED TO CONFORM TO A SINGLE MED PLAN. BMH WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCED IN SIZE BUT WILL REMAIN OPEN IN ITS PRESENT LOCATION WITH SUFFICIENT LEVELS OF OBSTETRIC AND PAIDIATRIC CARE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE END OF ACCOMPANIED SERVICE. THERE WILL BE A LIMITED SURGICAL CAPABILITY K. EDUCATION. STANLEY FORT SCHOOL WILL CLOSE IN JUL 94 AND RELOCATE TO ST GEORGES SITE. GUN CLUB SCHOOL WILL CLOSE IN JUL 95 AND MERGE WITH ST GEORGES. BOTH ST GEORGES SECONDARY AND SEK KONG PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE END OF ACCOMPANIED SERVICE
L. OTHER UNITS. OTHER MINOR UNITS WILL REDUCE TO THE MINIMUM REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE NEW GARRISON ORBAT
M. OTHER SERVICES. THE RN WILL TRANSFER ROUTINE ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL OF STAFF IN POWB TO THE HQBF ADMIN UNIT. THERE WILL BE SOME REDUCTIONS IN THE SIZE OF RN STAFFS IN HMS TAMAR BUT IN GENERAL THE SEA GOING ELEMENT WILL BE LARGELY UNAFFECTED. RAF SEK KONG WILL REDUCE IN SIZE AS A RESULT OF THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF HELICOPTERS AND THE RATIONALISATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LOGISTIC SUPPORT
7. PERSONNEL ASPECTS. YOU WILL ALL BE AWARE THAT SUCH A MAJOR CHANGE WITHIN THIS SHORT TIMEFRAME CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED GIVEN THE HIGHEST QUALITIES OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE MUCH CONCERN OVER THE PERSONNEL ASPECTS OF THE DRAWDOWN AND I EXPECT YOU TO DEAL SYMPATHETICALLY WITH THOSE WHO WILL INEVITABLY BE SHORT TOURED. OUR AIM IS TO GIVE AS MUCH NOTICE AS POSSIBLE AND WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO MEET A MINIMUM NOTICE PERIOD OF 6 MONTHS. SOME GURKHA REDUNDANCY WILL HAVE TO TAKE PLACE EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY PLANNED. THE DRAWDOWN OF THE BRIGADE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MANAGED BY BRIG BG AND THE FINAL SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE BRIGADE WILL BE UNCHANGED. IT IS LIKELY THAT MANY LEP AND LEC WILL HAVE TO BE MADE REDUNDANT IN THE PERIOD 94-95 BUT MANAGEMENT WILL BE LOOKING TO MINIMISE THIS SO FAR AS POSSIBLE BY TRANSFERRING PERSONNEL TO ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT
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