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LOCAL FORCES

unit. The Force is composed partly of volunteers and partly of conscripts enrolled after the introduction of compulsory service in 1951. The main units of the Force are:-

Force Headquarter Units consisting of an Artillery

Battery and various specialist units and officers.

The Hong Kong Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Hong Kong Regiment.

The Home Guard.

The Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.

The Hong Kong Women's Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Hong Kong Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. The Hong Kong Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

Training obligations vary in the different units. In most units members must attend annually, as a minimum require- ment, sixty instructional parades of one hour duration, six full days training and fifteen days training at camp. An instructional allowance is granted in respect of every instructional parade. For full days training and for attendance at Camp officers and members are paid at the appropriate rate for regular officers and men of equivalent rank. The Force is financed from funds voted annually by the Legislative Council.

Most of the officers of the Force are found from amongst the members, but a few regular officers and N.C.Os are attached for the purpose of training.

The Force provides an excellent illustration of men and women of different races, both volunteers and conscripts, working together in all three Services in the common interests of the Colony.

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