The Hong Kong Adventure Corps is one of the uniform groups and a registered independent charitable organization in Hong Kong. The Corps, formally established on 4 September 1995, is the successor of the Junior Leaders Corps of the disbanded Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers). ![]()
In the late 60's, the Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) received Government approval to run a youth development programme called the Junior Leaders Corps. Its aims were to provide an environment in which boys aged 14 to 17 years old could develop their self-confidence, leadership skills and sense of community awareness. The Corps was formed on 22 December 1969 and the first batch of teenagers started training in December 1970. Because the sovereignty of Hong Kong handed over in 1997, the J Corps also could not continue to operate. In 1995, the Volunteers disbanded and, in preparation for the disbandment, the Chief Secretary's Community Affairs Policy Group had agreed to give Government approval for a new Corps, to replace the old J Corps, called the Hong Kong Adventure Corps. The Hong Kong Adventure Corps aimed at providing discipline and adventurous training and community services to develop young people aged between 11 and 17 by strengthening their character and leadership skills, developing and promoting their qualities of responsibility, self-reliance, resourcefulness, endurance, perseverance and sense of serving the community. ![]()
The Corps Headquarters and training base is located in High Island Training Camp, a location with a magnificent setting in the heart of Sai Kung Country Park, near High Island Reservoir. It was purpose-built as a centre for army outdoor adventure training in 1990 and was handed over to the Corps in 1997. The camp has all the necessary facilities - accommodation for over 200, offices, stores, classrooms, a canteen, ablutions, parade ground, obstacle course, climbing/abseiling tower and high event challenge course settings. The Hong Kong Jockey Club High Island Training Camp, close to the High Island Training Camp, was originally used by the Correctional Services Department as staff quarters for the Vietnamese Boat People Detention Centre. The Corps has been permitted to use the camp in December 2003 by the Government. | 