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6. The quotas in the second tranche (which starts in January 1994) are likely to take into account
take into account the application rates encountered in the first tranche as well as strength of each service on the common date. This will probably mean about 50 places being redistributed from the police to the Army, Navy and other discipline services. (The Navy would benefit by a handful. Their quota under the second tranche would be about 9 and that
for the Army about 43).
7.
These quotas are in line with the agreement reached with the Ministry of Defence in 1990. MOD advanced the sort of arguments now put forward by the Captain-in-Charge and wanted many more places for the LEPS some 2000 but in the end accepted a special category for them which would be 200 - 250 strong, giving a comparable success rate for LEPS to that anticipated for the disciplined services as a whole (ie. one in six).
8. There had originally been resistance on the part of Hong Kong, Home Office and OD(K) to the LEPS having any part in the Scheme. They argued that
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the Garrison had no special
no special provision because its employees were HMG's durect responsibility rather than HKG's and any assurances for them should be dealt with separately outside the Scheme
the Scheme was meant to anchor key people in Hong Kong up to 1997 and beyond whereas the Garrison would not
exist after 30 June 1997
presentationally given the limit on numbers under the Scheme it should not bc scon s benefiting UK personnel at the expense of key people directly serving Hong Kong. Doing something special for the Garrison could prompt similar claims from other
British interests; and
HMG should pursue other options (eg transfer to UK
forces).
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