Category: History

  • Beginning of the Wuhu Rotary Club – 蕪湖扶輪社組織之經過

    Beginning of the Wuhu Rotary Club – 蕪湖扶輪社組織之經過

    BEGINNING OF THE WUHU ROTARY CLUB. More than ten years ago while on home leave some friends invited me to go with them to their Rotary luncheon. The clean group of business and professional men, the fine fellowship manifested and the business like management of the program, greatly impressed me. The value of such a…

  • Dr. The Honourable Lo Kwee-Seong (Hong Kong Island West) 羅桂祥博士 (香港西區)

    Dr. The Honourable Lo Kwee-Seong (Hong Kong Island West) 羅桂祥博士 (香港西區)

    1 中文版在第 19-28 頁 香港西區扶輪社羅桂祥博士 — 維他奶之父 Dr. Lo Kwee-Seong of Hong Kong Island West — Father of Vitasoy By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 April 2025 Dr. The Honorable Lo Kwee-Seong, CBE, HonLLD (HKU), BA (HKU), JP, (議員羅桂祥博士) (2 February 1910 – 5 May 1995), better known by the public as…

  • Norman Garner Rolph (Kowloon North) 盧樂夫(九龍北區)

    Norman Garner Rolph (Kowloon North) 盧樂夫(九龍北區)

    Kowloon North Rotary Club Charter President Norman Garner Rolph The First Hong Kong Commissioner for Narcotics By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 11 November 2015 Norman Garner Rolph (盧樂夫), OStJ, QPM, CPM (1921-1992), was a notable figure in the British Crown Colony Hong Kong, known for his long service in the Hong Kong…

  • “China’s Children” by Vivian Van Vick

    “China’s Children” by Vivian Van Vick

    rev. 307-2025-10-23 ‘Chinas-Children’ by-Vivian-Van-Vick.pdf  

  • Dr. The Honourable Sir Tsun-Nin Chau (Hong Kong) 周埈年爵士(香港)

    Dr. The Honourable Sir Tsun-Nin Chau (Hong Kong) 周埈年爵士(香港)

    中文版在第 9-11 頁 周埈年爵士 — 育有三個扶輪社長兒子的扶輪社員 Sir Tsun-Nin Chau A Rotarian Father of Three Sons of Rotary Club Presidents By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 September 2015 Dr. The Honourable Sir Tsun-Nin Chau, Kt, CBE, OStJ, HonLLD (HKU), MA (Oxon), LLB (Oxon), JP (周埈年爵士) (22 December 1893 – 27 January 1971), ethnic…

  • Professor James Mellon Menzies (Tsinan) 明義士教授(濟南)

    Professor James Mellon Menzies (Tsinan) 明義士教授(濟南)

    中文版在第 13-36 頁 濟南扶輪社明義士教授 — 中國甲骨文最權威的考古學家/歷史學家之一 Tsinan Rotarian Professor James Mellon Menzies one of the most important archaeologists/historians on ancient Chinese oracle bone scripts By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 March 2023 The ancient Chinese Oracle Bone collection in the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, is the biggest one outside of China. The…

  • Admiral Shen Hung-Lieh (Tsingtao) 沈鴻烈海軍上將(青島)

    Admiral Shen Hung-Lieh (Tsingtao) 沈鴻烈海軍上將(青島)

    中文版在第 13-27 頁 青島市長沈鴻烈海軍上將 — 青島扶輪社創社理事 Admiral Shen Hung-Lieh — Mayor of Tsingtao Charter Member of Tsingtao Rotary Club in 1932 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 February 2015 Admiral Shen Hung-Lieh (沈鴻烈海軍上將) (7 December 1882 – 12 March 1969) was Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Headquarters of the Republic of China (中華民國)…

  • Dr. Attilio Lavagna (Nanking)

    Dr. Attilio Lavagna (Nanking)

    Nanking Rotarian Dr. Attilio Lavagna, LLD Italian Legal Advisor to the Judicial Yuan of the Republic of China By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 March 2015 Professor Attilio Lavagna, LLD, Italian, was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Nanking (南京扶輪社), holding the Classification “Law – Judiciary”, when he was appointed…

  • Dr. Chen Sze-Pong (Peking) 陳祀邦醫生(北京)

    Dr. Chen Sze-Pong (Peking) 陳祀邦醫生(北京)

    中文版在第 9-12 頁 被遺忘的「鼠疫鬥士」陳祀邦醫生 — 北平扶輪社 1928-1929 年度社長 Dr. Chen Sze-Pong — the forgotten “plague fighter” President 1928-1929 of the Rotary Club of Peking By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2014 In 1910-1911, pneumonic plague broke out in the three northeastern provinces of the Ch’ing Empire (大清國). Dr. Chen Sze-Pong (陳祀邦醫生),…

  • Cheng Tsang-Po (Nanking) 程滄波(南京)

    Cheng Tsang-Po (Nanking) 程滄波(南京)

    南京扶輪社員 — 程滄波 《中央日報》社長《星島日報》總主筆 劉敬恒 (中華扶輪史研究員) 2024 年 10 月 10 日 程中行(1903 年 3 月 6 日—1990 年 7 月 21 日),字曉湘,筆名「滄波」,故又多尊稱「程 滄波」。中華民國著名報人,曾任《時事新報》《世界日報》主筆、《中央日報》《新聞報》社長、 香港《星島日報》總主筆、世界新聞學院/職業學校 1956 年首屆董事/教授(圖見第 9 頁)。 1932 年 5 月至 1940 年 8 月,程滄波在南京任《中央日報》社長 8 年有餘。期間,他參加 了南京扶輪社(Nanking Rotary Club)為現職社員,職業分類「新聞報紙業」。 南京扶輪社在上海扶輪社(Shanghai Rotary Club)的指導下,於 1933 年 10 月 25 日成立。 1934 年 1 月…

  • Dr. Stephen Douglas Sturton (Hangchow) 蘇達立醫師(杭州)

    Dr. Stephen Douglas Sturton (Hangchow) 蘇達立醫師(杭州)

    中文版在第 18-27 頁 杭州扶輪社社長–蘇達立醫師 戰火的歲月中–為杭州百姓提供了生命的蔭庇 Dr. Stephen Douglas Sturton — President of Hangchow Rotary Club provided life-saving shelter for the Hangchow people during the war years By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 31 January 2020 Dr. Stephen Douglas Sturton (蘇達立醫師), CBE, OStJ, MC, FRCSI, MD, MA, MRCS, LRCP (1896 – 1970) was an…

  • The Honourable Shum Choi-Sang (Hong Kong) 岑才生 (香港)

    The Honourable Shum Choi-Sang (Hong Kong) 岑才生 (香港)

    中文版在第 12-22 頁 岑才生–資深報人也是資深扶輪人 Senior Journalist and Senior Rotarian Shum Choi-Sang By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 June 2016 The Honourable Shum Choi-Sang (岑才生議員) (1922-2016), SBS, OBE, MSc (New York), JP, a Senior Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社), was widely acclaimed as an elder statesman of Hong…

  • Bishop John Curtis (Hangchow) 邱約翰主教(杭州)

    Bishop John Curtis (Hangchow) 邱約翰主教(杭州)

    Hangchow Rotarian John Curtis a Bishop in faith and football By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 May 2014 Bishop John Curtis, an Irish missionary bishop in China John Curtis was the big bloke with the moustache and his arms folded in the back row standing left 1. 2 The Right Reverend Bishop…

  • The Christmas-tide of Shanghai Rotary Club – Project “Toys Hospital” in 1930s-40s

    The Christmas-tide of Shanghai Rotary Club – Project “Toys Hospital” in 1930s-40s

    The Christmas-tide of Shanghai Rotary Club Project “Toys Hospital” in 1930s-40s By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 December 2016 It was the tradition of Shanghai Rotary Club, Republic of China (中華民國上海扶輪社), to distribute Christmas packs to children, since the Club’s inception in 1919. Toys gift is always the popular item to children…

  • Birth of the first ever Rotary District in China

    Birth of the first ever Rotary District in China

    Birth of the first ever Rotary District in China The 81st District of Rotary International in 1935 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 October 2015 Today is the 80 years since the first Rotary District established in China on 1 October 1935. The first Rotary Club formed in Asia was the Rotary…

  • Professor Gordon King (Tsinan) 王國棟教授(濟南)

    Professor Gordon King (Tsinan) 王國棟教授(濟南)

    中文版在第 12-18 頁 濟南扶輪社王國棟產科教授–香港大學醫學院院長 Tsinan Rotarian obstetrician Professor Gordon King Dean of Medical Faculty of Hong Kong University By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 November 2015 Professor Gordon King (王國棟教授), OBE, HonLLD (HKU), HonMD (UWA), FRACS, FRCOG, FRCS, LRCP, MRCS (7 July 1900 – 4 October 1991), British obstetrician and gynaecologist who…

  • The Honourable Li Tse-Fong (Hong Kong) 李子方(香港)

    The Honourable Li Tse-Fong (Hong Kong) 李子方(香港)

    中文版在第 5-9 頁 香港扶輪社員李子方-東亞銀行聯合創辦人 Hong Kong Rotarian Li Tse-Fong Co-Founder of the Bank of East Asia By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2015 The Honourable Li Tse-Fong (李子方/李子芳/李作聯), BA (HKU), JP (21 September 1891 – 5 September 1953) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician. He was a founder of the…

  • Reginald David Walker (Hong Kong) 獲嘉(香港)

    Reginald David Walker (Hong Kong) 獲嘉(香港)

    Hong Kong Rotarian Reginald David Walker Railway Engineer and Volunteer Regiment Officer By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 May 2015 Reginald David Walker (獲嘉), OBE, MC, ARCS, DIC, MInstCE, (1892-1952), Chartered Civil Engineer, was in 1930-40s an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶 輪社) holding the Classification “Transportation…

  • Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (Hong Kong) 羅旭龢爵士 (香港)

    Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (Hong Kong) 羅旭龢爵士 (香港)

    中文版在第 10-20頁 香港議政局首席華人非官守議員 香港扶輪社員–羅旭龢爵士 Hong Kong Rotarian Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 July 2015 Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (羅旭龢爵士), Kt, CMG, HonLLD (HKU), JP (14 February 1880 – 23 May 1949), was Charter Member of the…

  • Bishop Alfred Alonzo Gilman (Wuchang/Hankow) 孟良佐主教(武昌/漢口)

    Bishop Alfred Alonzo Gilman (Wuchang/Hankow) 孟良佐主教(武昌/漢口)

    1 Wuchang/Hankow Rotarian–Bishop Alfred Alonzo Gilman President of Boone University & Hua Chung University By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 August 2015 The Right Reverend Alfred Alonzo Gilman (孟良佐主教), S.T.D. (23 August 1878 – 13 September 1966) was an American missionary to Asia. He first joined Rotary as a charter member and…