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Dear Members, Please be reminded that the 2022 membership subscription is due to expire and renew. To continue with our services and receiving news from the Clubhouse, members are advised to renew his/her membership at the earlist convenience. Simply download the attached Membership Renewal Form, fill in the information and post it. We shall process your renewal upon receipt of your reply form and payment. Best Regards, Bronie Mok Clubhouse Manager RHKRVA |
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NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2022 Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Association will be held at 1900 hours on 2 September 2022 (Friday), 9/F., Happy Valley Stand, Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong. The election of Directors will be proceeded at the same time. Owing to the seating limitation to 30 participants including the current term of directors and subject to the prevailing Covid-19 requirements, all valid members please fill in the attached reply slip and send to the Clubhouse Manager by Fax to 2966 7882 or Email to clubmanager@rhkr.org, reservation starting from 1500 hours on 25 August 2022. The seat reservation is on first come first served basis, and Clubhouse Manager will notify the successful applicant by return call.
All proxies must be reached to the Clubhouse Manager by noon on 31 August 2022. For enquiries, please feel free to contact Clubhouse Manager at 2966 7895.
Committee The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Vomunteers) Association 8 August 2022
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Dear All Members, Notice is hereby given that the 77th Victory Day Ceremony will be held at the City Hall Shrine on Sunday, 14 August 2022 at 1100 hours. Members are welcome to attend provided prior booking is made to Clubhouse Manager no later than 8 August 2022 Monday. This is because overcrowded attendees at the City Hall Garden will not be allowed. The outline programme is shown below:
1045 hrs - Wreath Layers assemble 1050 hrs - Wreath Layers move to allocated positions at the City Hall Garden 1100 hrs - Last post 1102 hrs - Two minutes silence 1104 hrs - Reveille 1106 hrs - Laying wreaths by Official Representatives, Laying wreaths by individual veterans 1130 hrs - Participants move off, ceremony ends
Dress - Dark lounge suit, regimental blazer or equivalent, with regimental/association tie, medals and beret. All participants received at least three doses of a COVID caccine. Please note that no cocktail reception in the clubhouse after the ceremony.
Joseph PAU, BBS MBE ED Chairman The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Association 5 August 2022
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Eligibility of Junior Leader Corps members of The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (Volunteers) Association Dear Members, According to the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the opinion of Major Ronald Taylor, and our legal advisor is satisfied: J Boys are the full members are entilted to vote at member's meetings and be appointed as officers of the Association including Directors and/or Secretary. SIN Ting-kwong Secretary RHKRVA |
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Dear Members, This is to inform members the association has never opened an official Facebook account since the establishment of the association in 1995. As for the recent posting of purported information about our members/association on Facebook, it was the act of persons not related to us. The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Vomunteers) Association 4th February 2021 致全體會員： 本會自1995成立至今，從未開設過官方的Facebook帳戶。 鑒於近期有Facebook 版面發放有關本會會員/會務之訊息所引發之個人及私隱問題，只是個人或個別組織行為與本會沒有任何關係。 特此通知 皇家香港軍團（義勇軍）協會委員會 2021年2月4日 |
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The Lisbon Maru Memorial Many will know of the tragic sinking of the Lisbon Maru off the China coast just to the north of Shanghai. In September 1942, the Lisbon Maru, a Japanese cargo ship, was transporting prisoners-of-war from Hong Kong to Japan to work in the labour camps. She was not carrying any appropriate identification nor had the Red Cross been notified. She was just north of Shanghai when by chance she was spotted by the USS Grouper, a US Navy submarine, which happened to be in the area. She fired seven torpedoes after which the Lisbon Maru sank. Of the 1834 prisoners-of- war aboard, 828 died, including one HKVDC member who had transferred to serve with the Middlesex Regiment; the two other HKVDC members survived. The Middlesex lost 150 men. Post war “The Volunteers” and “The Middlesex” had a strong bond with the result that one of our PSIs always came from the Middlesex Regiment, or latterly from their successor Regiments. Many will remember WO2 JA Frost, G France, P Dobson, PK Tidey, RM Malam and PJ Churcher. There is currently no memorial to the Lisbon Maru, but plans are well advanced for a memorial to be placed at the UK’s National Arboretum. This is a private initiative for which funds are being sought and members of the Association and others are invited to participate by sending whatever sum is felt appropriate by cheque or bank transfer to the Association where the contributions will be consolidated and sent to the UK. Alternatively donations can be made direct to the UK – ask the Clubhouse Manager for details. |
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To: All Members Messages from the Chairman, RHKR(V) RA (UK) A message from our Chairman. Dear Members We do hope that you are all keeping safe and well. I will try and refrain from using the now irritatingly hackneyed terms of "unprecedented" and "The New Normal". I am sure we are all disappointed that we are unable to meet at the Gurkha Museum on Thursday to celebrate the 166th anniversary of our Foundation. We are not alone in having to cancel or postpone Foundation day events and I understand that celebrations in Hong Kong have been postponed to a provisional date in June. I would love to be able to say that we could reschedule our lunch but, frankly at the moment, it is impossible. My hope is that we might be able to meet in August so we might also mark VJ day or also consider a lunch in London in September. Nothwithstanding our lack of a lunch on 21st May, I have of course sent our traditional message of Loyal Greetings to Her Majesty and I attach it together with the response. The Defence Services Secretary, who is the link to Buckingham Palace and the focus for such messages, has apologised that it is not possible to provide Her Majesty's response on headed note paper. His department are all working from home as of course too is Her Majesty who is isolating at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace is closed and all communications are electronic. I was tempted to cut and paste the response on a previous copy of the response but suspect may have ended up in the Tower for lesser acts of forgery! With best wishes DOWNLOAD |
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| 1.) Directors Meeting : 1st or 2nd Monday of each month 2.) A Squadron : 1st Thursday of each month 3.) B Squadron : 2nd Tuesday of each month 4.) D Squadron : 1st Tuesday of each month 5.) HG Squadron : 2nd Thursday of each month 6.) HQ Squadron : 2nd Friday of each month 7.) J Corps Old Boys : 1st Friday of each month 8.) C Squadron : 3rd Friday of each month 9.) VA Shooting Club : 3rd Thursday of each month 10.) 7 Up-Club : Last Friday of each month 11.) Monthly Gathering : 3rd Tuesday of each month |
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