The United Services Recreation Club ( USRC ) ( Chinese : 三軍會 ; lit. 'three armed-forces club') is a club located on Gun Club Hill Barracks site at Gascoigne Road in Kowloon, Hong Kong . Originally it was a British colonial establishment but now is a property of the People's Liberation Army after they took over the barracks on 1 July 1997.
4-417: USRC may refer to: United Services Recreation Club , Hong Kong, a social and sports club USRC Tigers RFC , a rugby union club Union Station Rail Corridor , the former Toronto Terminals Railway trackage United States Revenue Cutter Service Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-539: The PLA has not intervened with the club's activities, and shares no profits. In 2011, a book was published called Trees of the United Services Recreation Club . From the beginning, the club admitted civilian members in order to balance out the transient nature of the military population. Today, the majority of members are civilians. A corporate member needs to pay one-off payment of HK$ 651,000 to join
12-467: The title USRC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USRC&oldid=1005976737 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages United Services Recreation Club The club
16-549: Was founded in 1911 for the benefit of British officer-level personnel. It was considered one of the key social clubs for military officers. During the Japanese occupation, it was used by Japanese military personnel. Queen Elizabeth Hospital was built on the USRC's former golf course. After the handover of Hong Kong to China, the land on which the USRC is located is now property of the PLA garrison. However, according to previous agreements
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