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Brief History of our Group

1975 Common Era

Saturday, 4th October

The founder of the Group, Mr. CHAN Dak-ming, organized a Cub Scout Pack and a ScoutTroop at St. Charles School, recruiting male students from the school.

1976 Common Era

Wednesday, 10th March

Our group was registered as the "161st Hong Kong Group".

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Mr. CHAN Dak-ming was appointed as Group Scout Leader.

Mr. NG Wai-chiu was appointed as Scout Leader.

1977 Common Era
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Mr. WONG Chung-luen was appointed as Group Scout Leader.

1978 Common Era

Venture Scout Unit organized, Mr. NG Wai-chiu was appointed as Venture Scout Leader.

1980 Common Era
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Mr. HO Wai-keung was appointed as Group Scout Leader.

Mr. LO Chi-wai was appointed as Scout Leader.

Ms. YAM Suk-yee was appointed as Cub Scout Leader.

1981 Common Era
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Mr. HO Wai-keung completed the leader training, became the first leader to receive the Wood Badge in our group.

1986 Common Era

Mr. HO Wai-keung was appointed as Venture Scout Leader.

1992 Common Era

Ms. NG Chiu-yee was appointed as Cub Scout Leader.

1993 Common Era

Mr. WU Kwok-keung was appointed as Scout Leader.

1999 Common Era

Wednesday, 1st September

Cub Scout Pack starts recruiting male and female students of St. Charles School.

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Mr. MAK Chu-kay was appointed as Cub Scout Leader.

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HON Kwok-wing completed the scout training, became the first scout to receive the Chief Scout's Award in our Group.

2000 Common Era
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LEUNG Yiu-tan and POON Weng-fong completed the cub scout challenge, became the first two cub scouts to receive the Golden Bauhinia Award in our Group.

2005 Common Era

Sunday, 2nd January

St. Charles School changed its extracurricular activity policy, our Group moved to Western District Community Centre, and start recruiting youths in the local community.

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Mr. LO Chi-wai was appointed as Group Scout Leader.

Ms. YAM Suk-yee was appointed as Scout Leader.

2007 Common Era

Mr. HUEN Kam-ho was appointed as Cub Scout Leader.

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SIN Wing-lun completed the venture scout training, became the first venture scout to receive the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Scout Award in our Group.

2018 Common Era

Mr. SIN Wing-lun was appointed as Scout Leader.

2020 Common Era

Sunday, 26th January

COVID-19 pandemic, our Group gather meetings on Internet, and resume normal meeting on Sunday, 25th October.

2022 Common Era
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Mr. HUEN Kam-ho was appointed as Group Scout Leader.

Dr. WONG Pak-ho was appointed as Venture Scout Leader.

Ms. CHENG Min-yan was appointed as Cub Scout Leader.

2026 Common Era

50th Anniversary. Over the past 50 years, we have 3 venture scouts awarded the Dragon Scout Award, 21 scouts awarded the Chief Scout's Award, and 65 cub scouts awarded the Golden Bauhinia Award.

Address: 1/F, Western District Community Centre, 36A Western Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong.

Meeting: every Sunday,
Cub Scout Pack: 9:30a.m.-12:00p.m.
     Scout Troop: 9:30a.m.-1:00p.m.

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