1992 the Volunteers were deployed to man the defences of the Chinese-Hong Kong border. In the late 1980s to early 1990s the Volunteers were deployed to support the colonial government in controlling the flood of Vietnamese illegal migrants, commonly known as the "Boat People". This included guarding temporary detention camps for Vietnamese migrants. Organisation The regiment included several units: Regimental Headquarters Headquarters Squadron A,B,C,D Saber Squadron Regimental Police Home Guard Squadron Training Squadron Band Junior Leader Corps - 'J Corps' was a youth organisation created by the RHKR(V) in 1971 and now renamed Hong Kong Adventure Corps. The end The Sino-British Joint Declaration on the question of Hong Kong as a British colony was finalised and the joint declaration was signed in Beijing on 19 December 1984. On 27 May 1985, instruments of ratification were exchanged and the agreement entered into force. It was registered at the United Nations by the British and Chinese governments on 12 June 1985. In April 1992, the Security Branch of the Hong Kong Government formally announced that the regiment would disband in September 1995. The RHKR was officially disbanded on 3 September 1995. Commanding Officer's Lt Col K B L Simson April 1993-3rd September 1995 The Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Association was created in 1995 as a charitable organization to support former members in Hong Kong with a Club House located at the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Racecourse. Successive changes of titles 1854 – Hong Kong Volunteers 1878 – Hong Kong Artillery and Rifle Volunteer Corps 1917 – Hong Kong Defence Corps 1920 – Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps 1949 – Hong Kong Defence Force 1951 – Royal Hong Kong Defence Force 1961 – Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) 1970 – Royal Hong Kong Regiment (The Volunteers) Equipment Vehicles List of vehicles used by regiment prior to disbanding: 1925-65 one armoured car on Ford chassis with Vickers MG 1920s for Mounted Infantry Company one armoured car on Dennis chassis 1925 - modified by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock for Mounted Infantry Company two armoured cars on Thornycroft chassis 1930-1933 - built by Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock motorcycles with Vickers machine guns four armoured cars on Bedford chassis 1940-1941 - built by Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation 1965-95 six Ferret scout cars 1963 two Landrovers Land Rover Defender - from British Army units station in Hong Kong during 1970s to 1990s Weapons