Figure 1.--HBC is unsure about this image. It appears to be Cub pack, but some of the boys are wearing berets. Perhaps they are boys about to move up to Scouts. Notice all the kerchiefs are the same plaid that seems to be the standard Cub kercief.

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 uniforms 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.

HBC is unsure about the image here (figure 1). It appears to be Cub pack, but some of the boys are wearing berets. Perhaps they are boys about to move up to Scouts. Notice all the kerchiefs are the same plaid that seems to be the standard Cub kercief. A British reader writes, "Using my experience as a Cub Scouter between the mid-1950s and early 70s, I would think that you would be pretty safe in assuming that what is shown is a, 'Going Up', ceremony, with the boys who have just become Scouts being given their berets. When I was a Scouter the Cubs who had just entered the Scout Troop had to pass a series of tests before donning their Scout uniforms. This took about 1 month. The rules may be different in Hong Kong, and, in any case, it is a long time since I was a Scouter!"