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New Zealander Benjamin Wong-Tape, O.B.E., J.P. – Charter Secretary of Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930
Benjamin Wong-Tape, O.B.E., J.P. Charter Secretary of Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 February 2015 Benjamin Wong-Tape黃炳耀Birth of The Rotary Club of Hong Kong The British Crown Colony Hong Kong located at the south China coast was the first prospect of Rotary International to extend Rotary…
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Rotary in China commenced with The Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919
Rotary in China commenced withThe Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919 1 July2014 The Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社) was the “father” of Rotary in China, and was the first Rotary Club formed in The Republic of China (中華民國) in 1919(as well as the second Club formed in Asia). That was 95 years…
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The Hong Kong Workshop – Preparing for the return of Rotary – 1994
SPECIAL REPORT The Hong Kong Workshop Preparing for the return of Rotary T s the R.I. Board of Directors and adjacent non-Rotary countries.” able to the Hong Kong Workshop. reviewed the notable prog A second key difference was the ress made to date in extend other goals: to design a comprehen- political stance of governments.…
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Dr. George Choa Wing-Sien (蔡永善醫生) An Otorhinolaryngologist of International Repute
Dr. George Choa Wing-SienAn Otorhinolaryngologist of International Repute 1 September 2015“Pioneer was one of city’s first specialist surgeons.”“Top ear, nose and throat expert and tireless advocate for rights of deaf people dies at 92.”~~ 《South China Morning Post》Monday, 7 October 2013Dr. George Choa Wing-Sien(蔡永善), G.B.S., C.B.E., K.St.J., LL.D., F.H.K.A.M., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., D.L.O., M.B., B.S.,…
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Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of the City University of Hong Kong
Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of City University of Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 October 2020 The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) (香港城市大學) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. It was founded in 1984 as the City…
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Rotary and Its Founder – The Story of a Man and a Movement
Rotary and Its Founder, The Story of a man and a movement An extract from The Rotarian June 1926 by Paul P. Harris. On the shore of Lake Michigan, the second largest of North America’s great inland seas, sixty miles north of Chicago and twenty-five miles south of Milwaukee, lies a small city called Racine.…
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Why the Rotary Year begins on the First of July – 為什麼扶輪年度從 7 月 1 日開始
Why the rotary year begins on the first of July by 1 july 2015 rotary’s first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended. This is the group photo of the convention of the rotary clubs of America held in rotarys birthplace, Chicago, in 1910. 1910, ever wonder why the rotary year begins…
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The Honourable Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales (Hong Kong)
Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales Rotarian served as the First elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Urban Council 1 September 2017 The Honourable Arnaldode Oliveira Sales(沙利士), G.C.I.H., G.B.M., C.B.E., J.P., joined The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) after he has retired from the World President of The Junior Chamber International in 1956. Later, he was…
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Many FIRSTs in District 3450 of Rotary International
Many FIRSTs in District 3450 of Rotary International 1 February 2020 District 3450 of Rotary International was inaugurated on 1 July 1960 when the code then was 3 digits of “345” only. Commencing 1 July 1991, all Rotary districts are to be identified with a 4-digit number system. This was initially accomplished by adding a…
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The Birth of Canton Rotary Club 廣州扶輪社 in 1931
The Birth of Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) in 19311 September 2015 This piece of history is referred to the Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) formed in the first republican nation in Asia –The Republic of China (中華民國). The Club was organized at the year-end of 1931 and was later admitted to Rotary International in spring 1932,…
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Why and How was The Rotary Foundation Scholarships initiated in 1947
Why and How was The Rotary Foundation scholarships initiated in 1947 1 November, 2016November 2016 is“The Rotary Foundation Month”. The year 2017 will be the 100thAnniversary of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and will also be the 70thyear of the establishment of The Rotary Foundation scholarship program. Offering scholarships for overseas advanced studies improved…
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The First Meeting of Rotary in Room 711 – 扶輪的第一次會議
The First Meeting of Rotary The 23rd February each year marks the anniversary since the Thursday of 23 February 1905 when Paul Harris, his friend and client Silvester Schiele, friend Gus Loehr and acquantance Hiram Shorey met in Gus’s office in the Unity Building in Chicago, USA, in Room 711. Here is the account in…
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The Rotary Call Name – First Name or Nickname
The Rotary Call Name–First Name or Nickname 23 February, 2014It is very common, whenever you are going to fill in the registration form for convention or conference, you will be required to: “Enter your name as you wish it to appear on your convention badge. Please mark your Rotary call name (Nickname) in the space…
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The World in 1945 when Rotary 40 Years Old
The World in 1945 when Rotary 40 Years Old 23 February, 2015 The year 1945 was the 40th Anniversary of Rotary since its inception in 1905. Rotary Clubs in all parts of the world enthusiastically observed the 40thbirthday of the founding of Rotary on 23rd February. Anniversary highlight was an international broadcast, participated in by…
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Dr. Tseung Fat-Im (Hong Kong) 醫師蔣法賢博士 (香港)
中文版在第9-19頁香港扶輪人–醫師蔣法賢博士執掌香港聯合書院並推動建立香港中文大學Hong Kong Rotarian Dr. Tseung Fat-Im Instrumental in forming the United College and the establishment of The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 September 2017 Dr.Tseung Fat-Im (醫師蔣法賢博士), O.B.E., K.St.J., LL.D., M.B., B.S., J.P., a Rotarian since 1937,was President 1947-1948 of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社), and laterservedRotary International as Administrative Advisor 1958-1960…
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Rotary Emblem – Turns The Wheel Has Taken
[The Rotarian] February 1938.. It all happened in Chicago back in 1905. The young engraver was Montague M. Bear, you can meet him any Tuesday night at the Rotary Club of Chicago. The group of young businessmen in the hotel suite was the worlds first Rotary lub in one of its earlies sessions. The lean…
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First Men of Rotary ‘Harry Ruggles’ – He Taught Rotary to Sing
Harry Ruggles: he taught Rotary to sing In early 1920, in a letter to Silvester Schiele, one of the original four members of the Rotary Club of Chicago, Rotary founder Paul Harris wrote: “As I look back over the field of early events, the work of Harry Ruggles so completely overshadows all others in connection…
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Dr. Lee Ying-Lam (Canton) 李應林博士(廣州)
Member of the Rotary Club of Guangzhou (1931), who is always remembered by Lingnan University and Chongji College-Dr. Li Yinglin Liu Jingheng (Researcher of Rotary History of China) March 1, 2016 Lingnan University renamed one of its lecture halls “Lee Ying Lam Lecture Theatre” after relocating to the Tuen Mun Permanent Campus of Hong Kong in…
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K. T. Kwo (Taipei) 郭克悌(臺北)
K. T. Kwo (Taipei) 郭克悌(臺北) First Director of Rotary International 345 Liu Jingheng, Research Fellow, Rotary History of China October 1, 2013, He joined Shanghai Rotary Club on January 8, 1935 (Occupation Classification: Railway Equipment-Railway Material Distribution) 1948-1949 Shenyang Rotary Club was founded and served as president. (Occupation Category: Public Utilities-Electrical Engineering) 1952-1953 President of the…
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Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (Shanghai) 鄺富灼博士 (上海) #2
Rotary International Director Dr. Fong Foo-Sec From Kitchen Boy to Doctorate 1 June 2014 Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (鄺富灼博士),B.A.(UC Berkeley); M.A., M.Ed.(Columbia); LL.D.(Pomona), (1869-1938), a Guangdong native, joined the Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) on 4 April 1922 (Classification: Books Publishing), was the first Chinese who served as a director of Rotary International in 1933-1934, but very…
