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Sham Mong District Scout HQ Traditional Cache

Hidden : 6/7/2018
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is under the District Scout HQ series.

 

Hong Kong Scout has divided into 5 Regions and 44 Districts.
Each Region manages several districts and the District Council manage the Scout Groups within that district.

This cache is located at the District Scout Headquarters Sham Mong District, which is under the Kowloon Region of the Scout Association of Hong Kong.

Sham Mong District established on 1 July 2003, currently there are 25 Scout Groups within the district, including Air Scouts, Scouts and Sea Scouts.

This District possibly has the most Scout Geocachers in Hong Kong,
leaders of this Scout district have ranked 1st, 3rd, 6th as the Top Streaks cachers in Hong Kong. (according to Project-gc.com)

 

District Badge

Meaning of the District Badge:
White background: Purity, fresh
Waves : represent the coastal area of West Kowloon
Buildings with differnt heights: representing the old type of residental buildings, and the high rise mordern commerical/residental buildings
Curves: Representing the Tsuen Wan Line and the The West Rail line that both within the district boundry
SMD:Initials of SHAM MONG DISTRICT


The Boundary of Sham Mong District

 

For more infomation about the district, you can go to their websites & facebook : 

 

The District HQ is located on the 4/F of the Community Centre.

 

The Cache
The cache is outside the District HQ, you do not need to go into the HQ to find it.
The opening hours of the Community Centre is 9:00am to 10:00 pm daily, and will be closed on public holiday. the cache can only be accessed during this time.

 

** Please be stealth
** Please bring your own pen
** Please put cache back to original place.
** The cache is set to be very easy, just for teaching young scouts what is geocaching.
** CO has got permission from the Deputy District Commissioner of the Sham Mong District to hide this Cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Erq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)