The Girl Scouts Present to You…
U.S Girl Scouts — Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Expert Patch”
“Hong Kong Patch”
Girl Scouts and Leaders
The U.S Girl Scouts of Hong Kong has had their own patch since 1980. Many girls have had fun, adventure and many memorable moments while earning the “Hong Kong Expert Patch” and the “Hong Kong Patch.”
The point of earning these patches is to help you become more aware of the different places in Hong Kong, its recreational facilities, its history and culture (including Hong Kong’s language, unique writing, and way of life) while embarking on your journey.
However, most importantly, working on these patches guarantees a wider opportunity that will let you discover
and explore new ways of how Hong Kong can be an
awesome place to live!
U.S Girl Scouts — Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Expert Patch”
“Hong Kong Patch”
Guidelines addressed to the Girl Scout
1. You may earn either the “Hong Kong Expert Patch” or the “Hong Kong Patch.” Notice that the requirements on each page of the two patches are different. For the “Expert” patch, you need to only complete the additional number of activities from the amount given for the “Hong Kong Patch.” You don’t repeat the minimum done in the Hong Kong Patch.
2. All activities must be done following the Scout’s registration.
3. You may do the activities with family, friends, a school class or any other Girl Scout troop (disregarding the age group). However, remember to have the responsible adult sign the activity!
4. Follow the requirements for each category, and include written paragraphs, sketches, drawings, cut-outs, brochures, photographs etc. on each of the appropriate scrapbook pages (at the back of your booklet)! Those pages are for you to complete the required work in each category, as well as reflections and memories! Decorate it and be creative!
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U.S Girl Scouts — Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Expert Patch”
“Hong Kong Patch”
Guidelines addressed to the Girl Scout (Cont’d)
5. When you have finished all the required activities for either the “Hong
Kong Expert Patch” or the “Hong Kong Patch,” turn in your booklet to
your leader. Also fill out the completion necessities on the next page.
6. Please remember to be courteous, and respect other races’ culture,
religion and home, especially since many of us are visitors to Hong Kong!
7. Oh! And one more thing! The most important requirement
for you to do is to:
U.S Girl Scouts — Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Expert Patch”
“Hong Kong Patch”
Hong Kong Expert Patch
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Date Completed Parent’s signature Leader’s signature
Hong Kong Patch
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Date Completed Parent’s signature Leader’s signature
Chinese FestivalsHong Kong Patch: Watch and define in this booklet any 2 of the following
festivals (if watching the festival is courteous and allowed).
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit or observe 5 of the following and document
your impressions in your booklet.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Chinese (Lunar) New Year ____________________________________
2. Mid-Autumn (Moon Festival) ____________________________________
3. Dragon Boat Festival ____________________________________
4. Tin Hau Festival ____________________________________
5. Chung Yeung Festival ____________________________________
6. Traditional Chinese Wedding ____________________________________
7. Ching Ming ____________________________________
8. Bun Festival at Cheung Chau____________________________________
9. Other _______________________________
_______________________________
10. Other _______________________________
_______________________________
Community and Government Services
Hong Kong Patch: Visit 3 from Section A and 2 from Section B and record
in your booklet.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit 5 from Section A and 4 from Section B (1 of
which must be connected with a service project). Record in your booklet.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
A. 1. GPO, Central _________________________________________
2. Police station _________________________________________
3. City Hall, Central _________________________________________
4. Public library, City Hall
High Block _________________________________________
5. Fire station _________________________________________
6. Immigration Department,
Mody Road _________________________________________
7. Courthouse _________________________________________
8. Causeway Bay Magistery_________________________________________
9. Your Own Country’s
Consulate _________________________________________
10. Other _________________________________________
_________________________________________
Community and Government Services (Cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Visit 3 from Section A and 2 from Section B
and record in your booklet.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit 5 from Section A and 4 from
Section B (1 of which must be connected with a service project). Record in
your booklet!
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
B. 1. Hospital _________________________________________
2. Orphanage _________________________________________
3. Old People’s Home _________________________________________
4. Refugee Camp _________________________________________
5. Chinese speaking
school _________________________________________
6. H.K Girl Guide activity_________________________________________
7. Red Cross Blood
Donation Center _________________________________________
8. School for the
Disabled _________________________________________
9. Other _________________________________________
_________________________________________
Culture
Hong Kong Patch: Visit 2 from Section A and do 2 from Section B. Write a reflection for
each activity you choose and accomplished.
Hong Kong Expert: Visit 4 from Section A and do 4 from Section B. Write a reflection for
each activity you choose and accomplished, and document them!
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
A. 1. Chinese puppet show _________________________________________
2. Chinese folk dance
Performance _________________________________________
3. Chinese opera _________________________________________
4. Chinese orchestra concert _________________________________________
5. Cantonese movie _________________________________________
6. Chinese painting/calligraphy
Exhibit _________________________________________
7. Museum of art, City Hall
High Block _________________________________________
8. Space museum, Kowloon _________________________________________
9. Peak village handicraft shops _________________________________________
10. University Museum and Art Gallery,
The University of Hong Kong
Bonham Road _________________________________________
11. Other __________________________________________________________________________________
Culture (cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Visit 2 from Section A and do 2 from Section B. Write a reflection
for each activity you choose and accomplished.
Hong Kong Expert: Visit 4 from Section A and do 4 from Section B. Write a reflection
for each activity you choose and accomplished, and document them!
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
B. 1. Make a Chinese Kite _________________________________________
2. Try Chinese brush painting _________________________________________
3. Try Chinese calligraphy _________________________________________
4. Learn a Chinese folk dance __________ ______________________________
5. Learn a Chinese folk song _________________________________________
6. Learn a Chinese folk tale _________________________________________
7. Learn a Chinese festivals legend_________________________________________
8. Learn to play a Chinese instrument_________________________________________
9. Learn to play a Chinese game __________ ______________________________
10. Learn & play traditional Chinese
chess (cuz it’s sooooo fun!!!) _________________________________________
11. Decorate a plain Chinese fan _________________________________________
12. Other _________________________________________
Daily Living
Hong Kong Patch: Visit 3 of the following and record your thoughts in your booklet.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit 5 of the following and record your impressions in your booklet.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Typhoon shelter __________________________________________________
2. Traditional Chinese Village __________________________________________________
3. Government Housing __________________________________________________
4. Walk along Queen’s
Road East __________________________________________________
5. Chinese Department Store
(ex: Yu Hua) __________________________________________________
6. Duck Farm __________________________________________________
7. Kadoorie Farm __________________________________________________
8. Factory at work __________________________________________________
9. Traditional Chinese Shipyard __________________________________________________
10. Herbal medicine shop __________________________________________________
11. Traditional Chinese
medicine shop __________________________________________________
12. Other ___________________________________________________
13. Other __________________________________________________
Food
Hong Kong Patch: Do any 4 of the following and write a reflection for each option accomplished.
Hong Kong Expert: Do any 5 of the following, including option 6, and write a reflection for each option accomplished.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Try 2 Chinese dishes at home or in a
restaurant and write the names in this
booklet, as well as a brief description. _____________________________________________
2. Have Dim Sum at a Chinese
Restaurant _____________________________________________
3. Have dinner in a Chinese floating
restaurant (ex. Jumbo near Ocean Park) _____________________________________________
4. Visit a Chinese wet market _____________________________________________
5. Make and prepare a Chinese meal _____________________________________________
6. * Learn the names of at least 3
Chinese vegetables or fruits.
Record the appearance of the
three and names in your booklet. _____________________________________________
7. Other _____________________________________________
* a must do
History
Hong Kong Patch: Visit at least 2 options. Include some things you saw and learned in your reflection.
Hong Kong Expert: Visit 6 options. Complete a reflection as the guidelines above state.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Museum of History, Kowloon Park __________________________________________________
2. St. John’s Cathedral, Central __________________________________________________
3. Peninsula Hotel, Hong Kong __________________________________________________
4. Statue Square, Old Supreme
Court Building, War Memorial
in nearby square __________________________________________________
5. War Memorial, near Shek O __________________________________________________
6. Marker for Flag – raising on
Possession St. (Bonham
&Hollywood Roads) __________________________________________________
7. Museum of Ethnology,
Tai Po Kau __________________________________________________
History (cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Visit at least 2 options. Include some things you saw and learned in your reflection.
Hong Kong Expert: Visit 6 options. Complete a reflection as the guidelines above state.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
8. Li Cheng Uk Tomb, Kowloon
(MTR, Lai Chi Kok stop) __________________________________________________
9. Flagstaff House Museum of
Tea Ware (10 Cotton Tree Drive,
Central, HK) __________________________________________________
10. Colonial Cemetery __________________________________________________
11. Kam Tin or other Walled Village,
N.T __________________________________________________
12. Main building of HK University,
Bonham Road, Mid-levels __________________________________________________
13. Noon- day Gun, Causeway Bay __________________________________________________
14. Hong Kong Museum of History __________________________________________________
15. Other __________________________________________________
Language and Chinese Character Writing
Hong Kong Patch: Do 4 of the following, including option 2. Write a reflection to show what you’ve learnt and experienced.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Do 6 of the following. (The same guidelines for the reflection!)
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Learn to say and write your
name in Chinese _________________________________________________
2. *Learn how to say your
address in Cantonese _________________________________________________
3. Learn how to write your
address in Chinese _________________________________________________
4. In your booklet, write 3 Chinese
Characters (besides numbers)
And explain what they mean. _________________________________________________
5. Learn to say and write the
Chinese name of someone _________________________________________________
* a must do
Language and Chinese Character Writing (cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Do 4 of the following, including option 2. Write a reflection to show what
you’ve learnt and experienced.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Do 6 of the following. (The same guidelines for the reflection!)
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
6. Learn a song in Cantonese _________________________________________
7. Learn to write and count to
ten in Cantonese _________________________________________
8. Learn the Cantonese name of
your animal sign on the Chinese Calendar _________________________________________
9. Learn how to say an important
popular sentence/phrase in Cantonese _________________________________________
10. Learn and write your popular
sentence/phrase in Cantonese in your
booklet and write what it means in English _________________________________________
Religion
Hong Kong Patch: Visit at least 2 options and record notes, experiences, or feelings in your booklet for a reflection.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit 4 options and record notes, experiences or feelings in your booklet for a reflection. Include a short paragraph about Taoism or Buddhism.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. Man Mo Temple,
Hollywood Road. ___________________________________________________
2. Ngong Ping Po Lin Monastery,
Lan Lau ___________________________________________________
3. Tin Haw Temple
(Stanely, Aberdeen, or others) ___________________________________________________
4. 10, 000 Buddhas Pagoda
& Monastery, Shatin ___________________________________________________
5. Wong Tai Sin ___________________________________________________
6. Mosque (Kowloon Park) ___________________________________________________
Religion (cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Visit at least 2 options and record notes, experiences, or feelings in your booklet for a reflection.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Visit 4 options and record notes, experiences or feelings in your booklet for a reflection. Include a short paragraph about Taoism or Buddhism.
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
7. Synagogue on Robinson Road ___________________________________________________
8. Sikh Temple, Queen’s Rd. E. ___________________________________________________
9. St. John’s Cathedral, Central ___________________________________________________
10. Rosary Church,
Chatham Road ____________________________________________________
11. Other Religious sites
and places of worship
(ex: YMCA Salisbury’s ECC Church) ___________________________________________________
Transportation
Hong Kong Patch: Ride 4 of the following. Write a journal reflection for each ride ridden.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Ride 6 below. (Above requirements for journal don’t differ!)
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
1. MTR _________________________________________________________
2. Outlying Islands/
Macau Ferry _________________________________________________________
3. Star Ferry _________________________________________________________
4. Airport Express _________________________________________________________
5. Electric Train _________________________________________________________
6. Tram _________________________________________________________
Transportation (cont’d)
Hong Kong Patch: Ride 4 of the following. Write a journal reflection for each ride ridden.
Hong Kong Expert Patch: Ride 6 below. (Above requirements for journal don’t differ!)
Date
Hong Kong Expert Signature
7. Peak Tram _________________________________________________________
8. Sampan _________________________________________________________
9. Mini Bus
(Public light bus) _________________________________________________________
10. Junk _________________________________________________________
11. Hydrofoil _________________________________________________________
12. Other _________________________________________________________
Lifestyle
Compare your lifestyle, living in Hong Kong, with the lifestyle of your native country of another country which you have lived in. Share at least 4 examples of similarities and differences between the two places.
Hong Kong’s Lifestyle Compared to Living in ______________________!
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Activity Reflection
As your last category and activity, please give a few words/ sentences/ paragraphs to describe the excursion of getting these two badges. You may write whatever you want, and however long you want this to be! Some ideas of what you might want to write are your feelings when doing all these requirements to get the Hong Kong Patch, or Hong Kong Expert Patch, as well as what your knowledge now of Hong Kong. You are free to explain frustrations and problems- if there were any encountered. Have you discovered new ways of how Hong Kong is a cool place to live in your adventure?
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