 Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, Kellett Island, viewed from the west | |
| Legal status | active |
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Official language | English, Chinese |
Commodore | Adrian Pang (from 1 July 2024 for two years) |
| Affiliations | Hebe Haven Yacht Club; Aberdeen Boat Club |
| Website | Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club |
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港遊艇會 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港游艇会 | ||||||||||||
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The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club is a Hong Kong watersports club for sailing and rowing including paddling.
In 1849 the Victoria Regatta Club was formed and later absorbed into the Hong Kong Boating Club which,in 1889,was in turn merged into the Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club. [1] At the General Meeting of the Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club held in October 1893 a resolution was passed that application should be made to the Admiralty for permission to call the Club "The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club" and to fly the blue ensign with a distinctive mark on the flag. A warrant was granted by the Lords of the Admiralty on 15 May 1894. [2]
Early members were British only with military personnel on the board. Until the 1950s membership was exclusively reserved for Europeans. [3] Women were not allowed to be full members until 1977 when Patricia Loseby became the first female member. Today,membership is open to all.
Unlike other organisations in Hong Kong that had been granted a royal charter,the club retained the "Royal" prefix in its title after the handover to China in 1997,although a majority of its members supported a motion to remove it,this fell two votes short of the 75 percent majority required. [4] Subsequently,the commodore at the time suggested that the club should adopt a "one country,two systems" principle as to the name,this being the principle by which Deng Xiao Ping,described the basis underlying the reunification of Hong Kong with the Peoples Republic of China. At a Special General Meeting of members the proposal was enthusiastically adopted. The club's English name remained "The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club",and the club's Chinese title is simply "Hong Kong Yacht Club",without the use of the term 皇家Wong Ka,meaning "Royal". [5]
The club operates from three sites: [6]
The main buildings of the club are located by Victoria Harbour on the former Kellett Island,now part of Causeway Bay following land reclamation,and forming the western boundary of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. The club moved there in 1938,and the clubhouse was built in International Modern style in 1939 [7] on the foundations of the old Naval Powder Magazine. [8] It was designed by architects G.G. Wood and J.E. Potter of Leigh &Orange. [9] The new premises were formally opened on 26 October 1940 by the Acting Governor,Lieutenant General E. F. Norton. [10] The building has been listed as a Grade III historic building since 22 January 2010. [11]
On Middle Island,accessible only via a club-owned sampan from a footpath from Repulse Bay or Deep Water Bay,or by swimming across the channel.
The Shelter Cove,in Hebe Haven,Sai Kung District,accessible by car.
For 30 years prior to moving to Kellett Island, the main buildings of the club were located at No. 12 Oil Street, in North Point, then a waterfront location, before reclamation. [12] The former headquarters and clubhouse in Oil Street, built in the Arts and Crafts style, was officially opened on 21 March 1908 by the then Governor, Sir Frederick Lugard. The building was subsequently used as a garage, government staff quarters until 1998, as a storehouse of the Antiquities and Monuments Office until late 2007. [13] The buildings now house the Oi! arts center that aims to promote visual arts in Hong Kong by providing a platform for art exhibitions, forums and other art-related activities. [14] The Former Clubhouse of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club has been listed as a Grade II historic building since 1995. [15]
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of 16,390 per square kilometre (42,400/sq mi), as of 2023. It is the second largest island in Hong Kong, with the largest being Lantau Island. Hong Kong Island forms one of the three areas of Hong Kong, with the other two being Kowloon and the New Territories.
Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres. The rents in the shopping areas of Causeway Bay were ranked as the world's most expensive for the second year in a row in 2013, after overtaking New York City's Fifth Avenue in 2012. When referring to the area, the Cantonese name is never written in English as "Tung Lo Wan".
Shek O is an area of the south-eastern part of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It can refer to Shek O village, Shek O Peninsula or Shek O Headland. Administratively, they are part of Southern District.
Kellett Island is a former island of Victoria Harbour, off East Point in Hong Kong. It is now connected to Hong Kong Island at Causeway Bay following land reclamation in 1969.
Blackhead Point, also known as Tai Pau Mai indigenously, or by the names Tsim Sha Tsui Point and Signal Hill (訊號山), was a cape before any land reclamation took place in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It currently remains a small hill near the coast.
Victoria Road is a main road near the west shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong connecting Kennedy Town and Wah Fu and an alternative connection of Pok Fu Lam Road. It begins north with Belcher's Street in Kennedy Town and goes along Mount Davis, Sandy Bay, Telegraph Bay and Waterfall Bay and reaches in Kellett Bay.
Gloucester Road is a major highway in Hong Kong. It is one of the few major roads in Hong Kong with service roads. It was named on 14 June 1929 after Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, to commemorate his visit to Hong Kong that year. The road is 2.2 kilometres in length and has a speed limit of 70 km/h.
Queen's Road East is a street in Wan Chai, in the north of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, connecting Admiralty in the west to Happy Valley in the east. Queen's Road East is one of the four sections of Queen's Road, and historically included Queensway.
Public Square Street is a street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Gascoigne Road is a main road in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going west-east from Nathan Road to Chatham Road South through the head of King's Park, leading vehicles from West Kowloon to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel.
Electric Road is a street in the north of Hong Kong Island in the Eastern District of Hong Kong. It spans from the Tin Hau area of Causeway Bay, across Fortress Hill of North Point and connects east onto Java Road in North Point.
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is a typhoon shelter located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, between the Hong Kong Island entrance of Cross-Harbour Tunnel on Kellett Island and Island Eastern Corridor. It was the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong. It is roughly 17 hectares in area.
Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to Tin Hau (Mazu). Over 100 temples are dedicated to Tin Hau in Hong Kong. A list of these temples can be found below.
The Old Dairy Farm Depot, or Old Dairy Farm Building, is a building in Central, Hong Kong, which currently houses the Hong Kong Fringe Club and the Foreign Correspondents' Club. It is located at 2 Lower Albert Road. The back of the building is located along Wyndham Street, while its edge faces Glenealy.
Pinewood Battery is a historic military site in Hong Kong, located 307 metres (1,007 ft) above sea level, within Lung Fu Shan Country Park, in the northwestern part of Hong Kong Island.
The Tin Hau Temple Complex is a temple in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises a row of five adjacent buildings: a Tin Hau Temple, a Shing Wong Temple, a Kwun Yum temple, Shea Tan and Hsu Yuen. The nearby Temple Street is named after it.
The Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay is one of the Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong. It is located at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, east of Victoria Park, in Eastern District, on Hong Kong Island. The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it, and consequently the neighbouring area of Tin Hau.
Oi! is a Hong Kong government art promotion organisation. It was developed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, and aims to promote visual arts by providing a platform for art exhibitions, forums and other art-related activities. It is situated at 12 Oil Street, North Point, at the corner of Electric Road.
Oil Street is a street in Fortress Hill on Hong Kong Island near Fortress Hill station.
Oi Yuen Villa is a privately owned villa located in Kwu Tung, Sheung Shui, Hong Kong. The building has been listed as a Grade I historic building since June 2017.
