Hong Kong Cub Scouts


Figure 1.--Cubbing is a mixed gender program. Notice the destincive caps the boys and girls wear. Also notice the merit badges on the sleeves. Also notice the sea scouts in the background.

The most import level of Scouting is Cubbing. More Hong Kong boys are involved in Cubs than any other Scouting level. We know relatively little about Hong Kong Cubs at this time, other than the uniforms that they wear. The Cubs are boys and girls 8-11 years old. Hopefully our Hong Kong readers will oprovide us some information about the Cubbing program. Hong Kong Cubs continue to wear the traditional green and yellow peaked caps that they are associated with in England, but no longer worn there. Other than the cap, the Cub and Scout uniform is very similar.

Importance

The most import level of Scouting is Cubbing. More Hong Kong boys are involved in Cubs than any other Scouting level.

Age

We know relatively little about Hong Kong The Cubs arecurrently boys and girls 8-11 years old. We do not know if this varied over time.

Gender

Cubbing is a mixed-gender program involving both boys and girls. I am not sure about the history of when girls were allowed to participate. We assumecthere was once a Girl Guide and Brownie program in Hoing Kong, but have no details at this time. Brownies are of course the Girl Guide/Girl Scout level program to the Cubs.

Activities

We do not yet have much information on activities involved with the Cubbing program. As far as we can tell, the Hong Kong Cubbing program is a traditional program with many of the same activities associated with Cubs. We note Cubs playing a variety of games. Give the age range of the Cubs, these games are one of the most popular ctivities. Some of the games we recohnize, others are new to us. Hopefully our Hong Kong readers will provide us some information about the Cubbing program. We would like to add information about both historic activities and those persued by modern Hong Kong Cubs as well. We note some changes in uniforms associated with activities, but do not yet have detailed information.

Uniform

Hong Kong Cubs continue to wear the traditional green and yellow peaked caps that they are associated with in England, but no longer worn there. Other than the cap, the Cub and Scout uniform is very similar. The Hong Kong Cubs continue to wear the traditional English green peaked Cub cap with yellow piping. Hong Kong Cubs at the end of the 20th century were one of the few Scout associations to continue wearing the traditional Cub cap. The shirt is a light beige tan worn with olive short pants and dark green kneesocks. The standard Cub kerchief appears to be a red and blue plaid. Hong Kong Scouts do not appear to use the kerchief as a group identifier, but rather to reflect Scouting levels. This may in part because the yniforms of the different Scouting levels are so similar. Girls are allowed to participate in Hong Kong Cubs. This is a policy that is highly variable around te world. They wear a similar uniform to the boys, but with a different cap, culottes rather than short pants, and destinctive white kneesocks. Some images suggests that at least some of the girls in Cub units opt for the dark kneesocks like the boys wear.







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Created: 10:06 PM 6/22/2004
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