Founding of the Society
Year	Authority / Notes
1847	According to its website (), the Hong Kong Branch grew out of a Medico-Chirurgical Society founded in 1845. The Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society itself was originally founded in 1847, but ceased to exist at the end of 1859. Exactly a century later, on December 28, 1959, it was resuscitated with the approval of the parent society in London - the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Seat of the Society
City	Authority / Notes
Hong Kong China	This location is supported by the name of the Society.
Name of the Society
Dates	Name	Authority
1848 - 1859	China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society	Its publications.
1960 -	Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society = Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch	Its publications establish the first name from 1960 onward. Its website () uses the second name as a current name.
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (RASHKB)

Journals of the Society
Years	Full Journal Title	Abbrev.
1848 - 1859 (Vol.1 - 6)   A	Transactions of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society A record in the Durham Univ. cat. indicates that the place of publication was Hong Kong. [Durham Univ. cat.]	Trans. China Br. Roy. Asiatic Soc. [Burlington Mag. Connois., Vol. 50, No. 288 (Mar., 1927), p.124 cites Pt. V. (1855).] Trans. China Branch Roy. Asiatic Soc., Hong Kong [Isis, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Oct., 1932), p.223 cites 1855, part 5.]
1960/1961- (v.1- )   B	Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society [Harvard Univ. cat.]	J. Hong Kong Br. R. Asiat. Soc. [Proc. Roy. Anthrop. Instit., No. 1969 (1969), p.13 cites 7, 1967.] J. R. Asiat. Soc. (Hong Kong) [Geographical Journal, Vol. 135, No. 2 (Jun., 1969), p.235 cites 2, 1962.]