Category: History

  • Macao stamps commemorate the 110 years of Rotary

    Macao stamps commemorate the 110 years of Rotary

    澳門郵票紀念扶輪貢獻 110年 Macao stamps commemorate the 110 years of Rotary By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2015 2015 年 2 月 16 日,澳門郵電局發行了紀念「國際扶輪成立 110 周年」的郵票及小型張。 郵票面額澳門幣 5.50圓,印有扶輪創始人保羅‧哈里斯的肖像;小型張附有一枚澳門幣12圓 的郵票,圖案展示扶輪根滅全球小兒麻痺的使命。 「國際扶輪」是全球扶輪社的聯合團體。扶輪是結合全世界事業及專業領導人士的一種組 織,提供博愛的服務,在職業方面鼓勵崇高的道德標準,並幫助建立世界的親善與和平。「國 際扶輪」由繼續履行章程文件中賦予義務的扶輪社所組成。 「國際扶輪」的目的在於: 1) 鼓勵、推廣、擴展並監督全世界的扶輪運動; 2) 協調並先籌指揮「國際扶輪」各項活動 「國際扶輪」之使命是透過事業、專業及社區領導人的聯誼,服務他人;並推廣大公無私, 促進世界瞭解親善與和平。 扶輪的組織分成扶輪社、地區與國際三個層面,協助實現扶輪的服務計畫。 扶輪社員是扶輪社的社員,而扶輪社為「國際扶輪」這個全球組織的會員。每個扶輪社選 舉自己的職員,並在模範扶輪社章程與國際扶輪章程及細則的架構下,享有相當大的自主權。 第一家扶輪社於 1905 年 2 月 23 日在美國伊利諾州芝加哥組織成立。當時是一名年輕律 師的保羅.哈里斯,為了追求聯誼與職業上的同志情誼,邀請一群各自從事不同職業的男士, 成立這個新的社團。社員資格的基礎─社區中每一事業及專業只限一人參加。最初,新創立的 扶輪社的社員集會,係輪流在彼此的事業處所舉行,此即「扶輪」名稱之由來。…

  • Proposal on forming Rotary Club of Beijing – Strategy Paper 1999

    Proposal on forming Rotary Club of Beijing – Strategy Paper 1999

    Proposal on forming Rotary Club of Beijing – Strategy Paper 1999 To: Herbert K. Lau (Rotary China Historian) 2 August 2013 Dear Herbert: Congratulations on all the research you have done on the subject. Some of what you have found out was also new to me. Today I would like to shift gear. I had…

  • Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the 75 Years of Rotary

    Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the 75 Years of Rotary

    臺灣郵票紀念國際扶輪七十五週年 量湾鄄票纪念囤睽扶翰七⼗五遇年 Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the 75 Years of Rotary of By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) (剖 敬恒) 23 February 2017 To mark the 78th anniversary of Eatery International on February 23, 1980, the Directorate released a commemorative issue. Rotary International was founded in Chicago. the United States, by an American name…

  • Chinese stamps salute to 60th Anniversary of Rotary International

    Chinese stamps salute to 60th Anniversary of Rotary International

    國際扶輪 60 週年紀念的中華郵票 Chinese stamps salute to 60th Anniversary of Rotary International By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2015 1965年扶輪 60週年紀念,為世界各地的扶輪集郵愛好者帶來了特別的喜悅。原因是:兩 個國家發行了特別紀念郵票。 中華民國(臺灣)於1965 年2月23日扶輪紀念日,發行了三種面額的新郵票。郵票圖案 展示扶輪徽章後面有一個緊密盤繞的彈簧,象徵著「準備行動」。在 1962-1963 年度地區總監 張申福的領導下,345地區的扶輪社要求政府,將「扶輪 60週年紀念」設定為郵票主題。中華 民國郵政因此發行了一套三枚郵票,面額分別為新臺幣1.5元(紅色)、新臺幣 2元(綠色)、 新臺幣2.5元(藍色)。 Rotary’s 60th Anniversary in 1965 has brought a special excitement to Rotarian stamp collectors around the world. The reason:…

  • Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the Rotary International Centennial

    Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the Rotary International Centennial

    臺灣郵票紀念國際扶輪百週年 Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the Rotary International Centennial By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2017 2005年是扶輪成立一百週年,國際扶輪在1905 年創建於美國芝加哥。 為紀念國際扶輪百年來對社會的貢獻,中華郵政特別在 2005 年 2 月 23 日發行一套兩枚 百週年紀念郵票。 面值新臺幣 5元郵票的設計,以臺灣地圖為主體。旁邊為國際扶輪百年紀念標誌,象徵臺 灣的扶輪精神。面值新臺幣 12 元郵票的設計,將一隻和平鴿與國際扶輪百年紀念標誌並列, 傳達扶輪社員為促進世界和平所做的努力。 國際扶輪是一個非政府、非宗教和非營利的服務組織,由商界和專業人士組成,旨在促進 社區和諧、世界和平和人類福祉。 臺灣第一家扶輪社成立於 1931年。目前有超過 36,000名社員,分屬 900 多家扶輪社,遍 佈全島 12個扶輪地區。他們共同為社區服務,實現扶輪的宗旨和理想。 The year 2005 marks the centennial anniversary of Rotary International, which…

  • Pacific Rotary Conference 1928, Tokyo, Japan

    Pacific Rotary Conference 1928, Tokyo, Japan

    December, 1928 THE ROTARIAN The Second Pacific Conference INFERENCE A Rotary contribution to international thought By ARTHUR MELVILLE SOMETHING like 30,000 Rotary gatherings occur every week: the regular club luncheons. In addition to these are the administrative, inter-city, district or in- ternational gatherings of Rotarians which are less frequent but hardly less significant, so far…

  • Pacific Rotary Conference 1932, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Pacific Rotary Conference 1932, Honolulu, Hawaii

    THE ROTARIAN In the picture-(frontrow, left to right): Carlos Bos, Shanghai, China; Shun Midzushima, Tokyo, Japan; Crawford C.McCullough, past president, Rotary International, Fort William, Ontario, Canada; H. Hirao, Osaka, Japan;Yozo Namura, Yokohama, Japan;Franz Mayer, Mexico City, Mexico; Stanley McKenzie, general chairman, host club, Honolulu. Second Row-(left to right): George Johnson, Seattle, Washington; Andrew Patterson, president,…

  • Pacific Rotary Conference 1926, Honolulu, Hawaii

    Pacific Rotary Conference 1926, Honolulu, Hawaii

    THE ROTARIAN February, 1926 The Pacific Rotary Conference I—Civilization and the Pacific Frank Milner, M. A. HE choice of Honolulu as the By rallying center for a Pacific Rotary Conference in Rector, W aimki School, Oamaru. 1926 is another striking en- New Zealand dorsement of the claim of the beautiful Hawaiian capital to rank as…

  • Pacific Rotary Conference 1936, Honolulu, Hawaii

    THE ROTARIAN Seated crosslegged on the floor, chopsticks in hand, Paul P. Harris, Rotary Founder, enjoys his sukiyaki on a recent Pacific goodwill trip. A typical Hawaiian Rotary welcome, as given to a Rotarian and his wife, en route the 2nd Pacific Rotary Conference in Tokyo, Japan, in 1928. … On opposite page, two Rotarians…

  • Shanghai Rotary Club – Report for Period 1941-1945 during the Pacific War

    Shanghai Rotary Club – Report for Period 1941-1945 during the Pacific War

    Shanghai Rotary Club – Report for Period 1941-1945 during the Pacific War By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2016 75 years ago, Shanghai Rotary Club was interrupted from its normal activities for 5 years due to the Pacific War from 1941 to 1945, when the Imperial Japanese forces occupied the entire…

  • S. J. Benjamin Cheng (Taipei) 程樹仁(臺北)

    S. J. Benjamin Cheng (Taipei) 程樹仁(臺北)

    Cheng Shuren – Taipei Rotary Club President of the Year 1963-1964 Cheng Shuren ⼀ Huangbei Fuhan Club President of the Year 1963-1964 S. J. Benjamin Cheng – President 1963-1964 of Taipei Rotary Club — 1963-1964 By Herbert K. Lau (刘京heng) (Rotary China Historian) (璺1 京heng) 10 October 2015 S. J. Benjamin Cheng (1895-1974), courtesy name…

  • Carl Crow – 卡爾_克勞

    Carl Crow – 卡爾_克勞

    中文版在第 13-17頁 上海扶輪人卡爾•克勞—中國通的老師傅 Shanghai Rotarian Carl Crow—A Tough Old Chinese Hand By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 October 2017 Carl Crow was one of the 37 charter members of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) in 1919 (Classification: Advertising), and was active throughout the years until the Imperial Japan’s aggression and captured Shanghai in…

  • Dr. V K Ting – 丁文江博士

    Dr. V K Ting – 丁文江博士

    中文版在第 9-22頁 地質學泰斗丁文江博士 — 中國郵票上的天津扶輪人 Eminent Geologist Dr. V. K. Ting The Tientsin Rotarian on China Stamp By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 June 2016 Dr. V. K. Ting (丁文江博士) (1887-1936) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Tientsin (天津扶輪社) who enjoyed actively the Rotary services with the focus on…

  • Dr. William Hung – 洪業博士

    Dr. William Hung – 洪業博士

    中文版在第 19-30頁 北平扶輪人漢學家—洪業教授 Peiping Rotarian Sinologist — Professor William Hung By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 December 2015 On Page 28 of 《The Rotarian》Magazine, December 1934, there was brief news of several remarkable Rotarians. One of the news lines (with bust photo as above) read like this: “Dr. William Hung, because of…

  • Robert T Yin – 尹彤

    Robert T Yin – 尹彤

    Robert T. Yin 尹 彤 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 扶輪出版委員會 1999年-2003年 3450地區代表委員 2024年3月1 日 《扶輪月刊》前主編尹彤(“Bob” Robert T. Yin)於 2024 年 1 月 7 日安祥逝世。遺屬於 1 月 16日星期二上午11時於臺灣臺北市辛亥路第二殯儀館景仰樓,舉行簡易追思禮拜。「扶輪 出版委員會」前主任委員暨國際扶輪前理事謝三連、前總監黃金豹、謝炎盛、蕭慶淋、洪武男 等前往致哀。「台灣扶輪出版暨網路資訊協會」秘書長王友民、執行秘書邵玉楚、秘書處職員 賴豐富三人,奉派代表該會暨邱世文理事長弔唁。 尹彤於 1925 年生於中國大陸江蘇省。他畢業於蘇州一所通信技術學院,曾加入中華民國 空軍擔任信號官;曾在臺灣石門水庫建設工程擔任翻譯;也曾在國防部工作過。 1960年6 月,尹彤開始擔任臺北扶輪社(Taipei Rotary Club)的執行秘書。臺北社是第二 次世界大戰後,臺灣第一個復社的扶輪社(英語社)。他奉命將扶輪的重要出版物,包括《扶 輪程序手冊》(Manual of Procedure)譯成中文,提供給該社輔導成立的國語社及台語社參考。 他在臺北社理事會邀請下,於 1962年7月加入該社為現職社員。 尹彤自中文《扶輪季刊》創刊未久,即開始投稿譯稿,並於 1988 年 7 月起應聘擔任《扶 輪雙月刊》主編。他於 1990 年 7 月經「扶輪出版委員會」核准,將雙月刊改為月刊。在華語 成為國際扶輪支援語文之前, 「扶輪出版委員會」參與國際扶輪的翻譯試辦計畫。由尹彤在主 編任內負責每年譯印二十多本重要扶輪出版物,用於訓練扶輪社的職員及各委員會主委。每三…

  • T. C. Lai – 賴恬昌

    T. C. Lai – 賴恬昌

    賴恬昌 — 香港西區扶輪社第十四屆 1967-1968年度社長 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 2022年12月 1日 賴恬昌 (T. C. Lai) (1921-2022) 是翻譯學者、書畫家,是香港西區扶輪社(Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club)第十四屆 1967-1968年度社長。 賴恬昌出生於 1921 年香港的書香世代,父親是晚清翰林學士賴際熙太史,曾任大清國翰 林院編修國史館總纂。1911 年辛亥革命後,清帝遜位,部分翰林學士包括賴際熙、區大典等遺 老避居香江。1927 年,參與香港大學中文學院(School of Chinese Studies, University of Hong Kong)創立,賴際熙、區大典受聘教授史學和經學。人稱「賴太史」的賴際熙,與愛護國粹人 士倡議保存發揚中華傳統文化,聚書講學。1920年先租下港島中環半山堅道27號(No.27, Caine Road)設壇講國學,每周兩次。及至1923年,賴太史見報名者踴躍,乃建議成立「學海書樓」 。 得到殷商名流踴躍捐資,購下般含道 20號(No.20, Bonham Road)作為藏書和講學之所。 1963年,學海書樓般含道樓址需拆建, 「學海書樓」把全部藏書寄存於中區大會堂公共圖 書館。至 2001 年,三萬多冊藏書再遷移至香港中央圖書館繼續供讀者在館內閱讀,令一個世 紀以來在香港的國學香火得以延續。 賴恬昌幼承庭訓,國學根底深厚。1942年畢業於香港大學英文系,中英兼擅。翌年考入重 慶國民政府外交部,1944年至1948年派駐英國倫敦中華民國大使館,從事有關中華文化事務。 1949 年回香港,任教於聖保羅書院(St. Paul’s College)及香港大學英文系。1963 年赴英國曼徹…

  • 華文區域扶輪雜誌沿革

    華文區域扶輪雜誌沿革

    History of Chinese Regional Rotary Magazine Researcher on the history of Rotary in China Liu Jingheng Rotary Publishing Committee 1999-2003 3450 District Representative Member December 1, 2022 The Rotary magazine “Rotary” is to assist the Board of Rotary International (Rotary International), promote the purpose of Rotary and promote international An important publication of Rotary policy.…

  • The Termination of Shanghai Rotary Club in October 1951

    The Termination of Shanghai Rotary Club in October 1951

    The Termination of Shanghai Rotary Club in October 1951 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2015 Rotary in the new Communist China What was the life and situation of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) since the state power was changed to the Communist Party of China (中國共產黨) after the establishment of The…

  • The End of Chungking Rotary Club (重慶扶輪社) in 1950

    The End of Chungking Rotary Club (重慶扶輪社) in 1950

    Charter No. 4471 of Rotary International A photo of Chungking Rotary Club meeting taken in spring of 1945. Date: 16 September 1949 From Club Secretary T. C. Lee to Rotary International President I beg to inform you that through a general election at the Close Meeting held on the 30th June last, Dr. Stewart Allen…

  • The Rotary Club of Shanghai as in 1950

    The Rotary Club of Shanghai as in 1950

    There is always the misunderstanding, misconception and also inaccurate reference by many Rotarians that: “Rotary in China was disbanded by the socialist and communist state, The People’s Republic of China (中華人民共和國), since its establishment on 1 October 1949.” This is NOT the truth. Archives show that Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) carried on running smoothly as…