Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (Chinese: 香港遊艇會) is a Hong Kong sports club for sailing and rowing. Founded as Hong Kong Corinthian Sailing Club in 1890, it became the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club in 1894.[1] It is one of the few local institutions which kept its prefix "Royal" after Hong Kong's handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997.
Early members were British only and military personnel on the board. Today, members are a mix of British expatriates and local Chinese.
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[edit] Facilities
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[2] on the foundations of the old Naval Powder Magazine.[1] It was designed by architects G.G. Wood and J.E. Potter of Leigh & Orange.[3] The new premises were formally opened on October 26, 1940 by the then Acting Governor, Lieutenant General Sir E. F. Norton.[4] The building has been listed as a Grade III historic building since January 22, 2010.[5]
In addition to Kellett Island, the club has two other clubhouses:[6]
- on Middle Island
- in Shelter Cove, Sai Kung
[edit] Former headquarters
Prior to moving to Kellett Island, the main buildings of the Club were located at No. 12 Oil Street, in North Point before reclamation,[7] when it lost its waterfront location. The former headquarter and clubhouse in Oil Street, built in the Arts and Crafts style, had been 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, and is currently vacant. It has been listed as a Grade II historic building since 1995.[8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b History of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club
- ^ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items. Item #737
- ^ Consultancy Agreement No. NEX/2213. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study for Shatin to Central Link - Hung Hom to Admiralty Section. Appendix 4.1 Cultural Heritage Baseline Report, pp.4-10, 78. MTR Corporation Limited
- ^ England, Vaudine (1998). The Quest of Noel Croucher: Hong Kong's Quiet Philanthropist. Hong Kong University Press. p. 130. ISBN 9789622094734.
- ^ List of the Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 23 November 2011)
- ^ One Club, Three Clubhouses
- ^ Civil Service Newsletter, issue no. 61
- ^ Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. Item #321
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Coordinates: 22°17′04″N 114°10′56″E / 22.284411°N 114.182121°E
