Comradeship
Comradeship is the enduring bond forged through shared service, sacrifice, and support, a loyalty that outlasts the uniform. It is the spirit of unity that uplifts veterans and their families across Hong Kong and the Mainland: honouring the past, standing together in the present, and ensuring no one faces life's battles alone.
Socials
Over 70s Weekly Dim Sim
Every week our older veterans gather near Jordan for yum cha. For some it is the only social occasion in their week, and a meaningful part of their diet. We subsidise the meal, arrange transport, and a nurse is in attendance. All Veterans are welcome
RBL membership required.
Contact: welfare-manager@rbl.hk
Best Happy Hours in Hong Kong
The WWII Veterans' Association & RBL Happy Hour and the HKESA & RBL Happy Hour run on the last Friday of altemate months-one at the WWII Veterans' Association Clubhouse in Causeway Bay, the other at the HKESA Clubhouse in Cheung Sha Wan. The Hoi Luen Society hosts two more each month Good turnout, a buffet, and the best dits in Hong Kong.
The Branch subsidises the bar, a nurse is in attendance, and transport can be arranged-ask the office, and we will sort
it.
All veterans, members and their families are welcome.
Contact: enquiry@rbl.hk
HKESA & RBL Annual Dinner
Thursday 18 March 2027 Venue to be confirmed
The highlight of the veterans' year: several hundred veterans, their families and guests from across the veteran community, over a Chinese banquet with a free-flow bar. A Lion Dance, the Pipes and Drums, the Year in Review, a lucky draw, a message from His Majesty The King, and addresses from the HKESA and the Branch. Guests include British and Hong Kong Government officials.
Attendance is subsidised, and transport can be arranged.
RBL membership required.
Contact: enquiry@rbl.hk
Hoi Luen Society (Royal Navy) Events
The Royal Navy's own calendar in Hong Kong, and the one that turns out the oldest veterans in the city.
Two happy hours every month: Trafalgar Night in October and Pickle Night in November; Black Tot Day; the Summer Cocktail Party at the Mariners' Club; a Christmas party; and the Hoi Luen (RN) Dinner, infamous and rightly so.
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Every ex-Royal Navy veteran in Hong Kong is entitled to free membership of the Mariners' Club in Tsim Sha Tsui. It is a benefit the Branch arranged, and it costs you only HK$100 for your access card - themarinersclubhk.org
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Open to all members and their families.
Contact: royal-navy@rbl.hk
Special Events
The fixtures that do not fit a monthly pattern and are usually the better for it.
Our Chinese New Year reception with the World War Two Veterans' Association and the HKESA; receptions for visiting delegations and ships' companies; End of Hostilities commemorations; film screenings and talks.
Open to veterans, members and their families.
Contact: enquiry@rbl.hk
Outings & Tours
Getting out of Hong Kong and getting back to the places that matter.
The Branch supports and subsidises junk trips around Hong Kong's islands, tours within the territory, visits into mainland China, and battlefield and pilgrimage tours to Thailand, where prisoner here were sent to work on the railway.
Open to veterans, members and their families. Subsidy and transport are available — ask the office.
RBL membership required.
Contact: enquiry@rbl.hk
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Sports
Dragonboating
The RBL Hong Kong & China crew trains throughout the year and competes at Stanley. Paddling is a full-body workout that does as much for focus, stress, and friendship as it does for fitness, and it is particularly good for maintaining mobility and joint stability after forty. Our coach is a veteran and an RBL member.
New paddlers welcome. No experience required. Open to members and their families.
Trail Walking
We support hikes and walks along Hong Kong's 1941 battle lines and to commemoration sites across the territory, and the gatherings afterwards. The Branch also sponsors the Gurkha Trailblazer each March and any members who wish to take part in the Hong Kong Marathon.
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Open to members and their families.
Cycling
The Cycling Team rides every two or three weeks, in Hong Kong and sometimes across the border into the Mainland. Veterans, their families and their friends all ride. It is not a race. The point is to keep former colleagues and shipmates back on the road together, old friendships kept up and new ones made.
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Open to members and their families.
Contact
Phone: (852) 2544 6270
Fax: (852) 2543 4287
Emergency: (852) 9523 3098
Email: enquiry@rbl.hk
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Website: www.rbl.hk
Postal Address: Hong Kong G.P.O Box 4747