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Kowloon West Rotary Club – Project Aid for Addicts 1965
AID FOR ADDICTS A new venture aimed at solving drug-addiction problems is under way in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and the Rotary Club of Kowloon West had a hand in starting it. At a meeting early this year the Club handed over to the Discharged Prisoners’ Aid Society a deed to premises where the Society…
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Kowloon East Rotary Club – First 100% Major Donor Club of The Rotary Foundation
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION HAS SCORED A MAJOR MILESTONE that even founder Arch C. Klumph might not have envisioned. “I’m happy to announce tonight that we have our first 100% Major Donor Club: the Rotary Club of Kowloon East in Hong Kong” said 2006-07 Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Luis Giay at the RI Convention’s Major Donor…
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Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club Home for Typhoon Wanda Disaster Victims in 1962
Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club Home for Typhoon Wanda Disaster Victims in 1962 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2014 In late 1962, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West (香港西區扶輪社) built a Rotary Village that provided homes for typhoon-stricken families. Covering what was formerly a barren hillside on…
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Canton and Swatow – Rotary Clubs in the former Kwangtung Province
Canton and Swatow Rotary Clubs in the former Kwangtung Province 1 August 2015 中華民國廣東省（1911-1949）版圖 The provincial map of the Republic of China showing the territory of the Kwangtung Province in 1911-1949 Map of the Kwangtung Province showing the locations of Canton ( 廣州) and Swatow ( 汕頭) Kwangtung Province (廣東省) or in the modern spelling…
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Dr. The Honourable James Wu Man-hon
中文版在第 7-8 頁 胡文瀚博士 — 香港東區扶輪社 1957-1958 年度社長 Dr. James Wu Man-Hon, OBE, JP President 1957-1958 Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club 1 April 2015 Dr. The Honorable James Wu Man-Hon (胡文瀚/胡應沾) (18 November 1920 – 23 February 2006), OBE, HonLLD (HKU), HonDEng (HKPoly), BSc (Eng) (Sun Yat Sen), JP, was President 1957-1958 of Hong…
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Nelson Yip – 葉少康
Nelson Yip arrives for breakfast at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, across the street from the Hong Kong Jockey, Club, a major racing venue. Although Yip has cerebral palsy, he moves briskly Off the elevator. He will be the only qualified equestrian representative from the Special Administrative Region of the Peoplé’s Republic of China in the 2008…
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Kingspark Hong Kong Rotaract Club – Project Spina Bifida Concerns
In East Asia/South Pacific, the Rotaract Club of Kingspark, Hong Kong, was recognized for its “Spina Bifida Concerns” campaign, which aims to heighten public awareness of the condition. Rotaractors organized a fun fair and solicited funds from corporate donors to benefit the Childhood Spina Bifida Support Group of Hong Kong, and worked closely with their…
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Hong Kong Northeast Rotary Club – School Project in remote Chinese villages
Chinese and Filipino clubs fight illiteracy with bricks In a remote village in Ruyuan County in the People’s Republic of China, most of the 200,000 residents are illiterate and live hand to mouth on a modest farming income. Even though the villagers manage to survive, members of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong NorthEast want…
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Hong Kong Rotarian donated US$1.2 million to the Rotary Foundation
Quiet donation will echo through the years RECENT DONATION OF USS1.2 MILLION has put The Rotary Foundation one giant step closer to reach- ing its goal of permanently endowing the Rotary Centers for International Studies in peace and conflict resolution. The gift, made by a Rotarian in District 3450 (Hong Kong; Macau; Mongolia) who would…
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R.I. District 3450 – Gobi Desert Race for Polio Plus -2005
Creative fundraising gives donors a run for their money Rotarians in District 3450 (Hong Kong; Macau; Mongolia) have always supported PolioPlus, but race through the picturesque Gobi desert near Dunhuang, China, a city along the Silk Road known for its proximity to a collection of caves housing hundreds of well-preserved ancient Buddhist drawings and murals.…
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Rotary International President Clifford A. Randall –Visit to Hong Kong in 1959
Rotary International President (1958-1959) Clifford A. Randall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) and Lady Randall visited Hong Kong in 1959. They were greeted at the Kai Tak International Airport. Following a press conference the President addressed a large Rotary gathering.
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Rotary in Asia – January 1959
There are 5,500 miles, as the jet flies, between the Straits of the Dardanelles and Tokyo Bay. Between is the world’s hugest continent, and over half the earth’s population. And here in Asia and Asian isles are 25,000 Rotarians- members of more than 620 Clubs in 26 lands. Since 1919, when Asia’s first Rotary Club…
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The First 25 Years (1905-1930) – Building the structure that made Rotary great
FOR MANY YEARS, this quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson hung on the wall of the office of Paul P. Harris: “He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare.” It was in quest of friends- friendship-that Paul, at the turn of the twentieth century, began to think in terms of bringing business…
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Kowloon West Rotary Club Project Concern 1963 – Doctor Afloat: Hong Kong
We ARE AWAKENED each morning by the sprinkle of coins falling on the deck. But we don’t mind. It is a pleasant alarm.” Martha Turpin flashed a warm smile. “You see, out here we have been accepted and the awakening each morning indicates that the people want what we have to offer.” The offering is…
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Planet Rotary – History of the Rotarian Magazine since 1911
It was in 1911 that Rotary decided it needed a magazine to inform club members. That magazine was called Th National Rotarian. It wasn’t very long before the Rotarians who were coming together around the world wanted a publication of their own as well. In 1915, the first regional magazine started up, serving club members…
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Shanghai Rotary Club Beggars Town Project 1940
“Receive – Reform – Regenerate – Restore” Shanghai Rotary Club Beggars Home Project 1940 1 July, 2014 The Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社) joined hands with the Shanghai Municipal Council (上海公共租界工部局) and the Salvation Army (救世軍) in 1940 to solve thousands of beggars’ problem. A Beggars Home was erected for the purposes of “Receive, Reform,…
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一•二八事變中的上海扶輪社
国际主义抑或人道主义： 一·二八事变中的上海扶轮社＊ 马建凯 内 容 摘 要 扶 轮 社 是 以 维 系 世 界 和 平 为 宗 旨 的 国 际 人 道 组 织。 一 · 二 八 事 变 爆 发 后，由中、日、美、英等多国人士组成的上海扶 轮 社 特 别 委 员 会，发 起 了 意 在 制 止 战 争 的 请 愿活动，但请愿因日军悍然发出最后通牒而无果而终。表面上，上海扶轮社各方社员的请…
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History of the Rotary Club of Macau
The idea of setting up a Rotary Club in Macau was raised for the first time in 1938. However, due to the Pacific War, the idea did not become a reality at that time. In 1946 when Macau and Hong Kong began to recover from the effects of World War II, the idea of forming…
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R.I. President S. Kendrick Guernsey – visits Hong Kong and Macao in 1947
To the Antipodes with the Guernseys A PHOTO.REPORT ON THE PRESIDENT’S 40.000-MILE ROTARY TOUR IN THE north of New Zealand, where geysers spout and mud springs boil, a band of Maoris gathered one day a few weeks ago. True natives of this “long bright land,” they had met to welcome two strangers from far shores–the…
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Dr. Wilson Wang Tze-Sam
Dr. Wilson Wang Tze-Sam, OBE, JP President 1959-1960 Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club 1 April 2015 Dr. The Honorable Wilson Wang Tze-Sam (王澤森), OBE, HonLLD (CUHK), BSc (HKU), JP (27 April 1918-1998) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East (香港東區扶輪社), and later served the Club as President in…
