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Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club – Project Computer Learning for Disabilities
A career guidance manual published by the Rotary Club of Spic Nagar, India, offers young people information on various vocations and how to prepare for them through school and related work experience. They have distributed their 370-page book, titled “Tomorrow-Challenges and Choices,” to young people free of charge. • Rotarians of Wangaratta, Vic., Australia, recently…
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Hong Kong Northwest Rotary Club – Literacy Project in Chinese Mainland
The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northwest is involved in an effort to print classic Chinese texts for distribution in China’s schools. The project is aimed at strengthening literacy skills for the country’s youth and exposing them to venerable, mostlv Confucianist works. The club has already printed some 60,000 books. Once the books are distributed…
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Ko Tin-Lung The Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour Hong Kong
香港吐露港扶輪社 — 榮譽社員古天農 Honorary Rotarian Ko Tin-Lung The Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) Charter President 1987-88-89, Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour 7 July 2022 古天農（1953 年－2022 年 6 月 23 日），香港資深舞台劇演員和導演、電視及電台節目主 持。生前曾任中英劇團藝術總監；香港藝術發展局藝術推廣委員會主席、戲劇組主席、策略委 員會委員；香港政府康樂及文化事務署，以及香港演藝學院戲劇學院之顧問委員。 古天農是參加了香港吐露港扶輪社二十多年的「資深榮譽社員」 。通過扶輪社這個平台， 他以「職業服務」貢獻社會。古天農以戲劇導演的職業為服務通路，多年來獲得扶輪社的贊助 和扶輪社員的熱情參與，主導舉辦了高等學校戲劇比賽、表演藝術工作坊和文化教育項目等。 古天農完整展示了自己是一名真正的扶輪社員。無法成為「現職社員」的原因，是因為他 的工作時間不規律，沒有辦法實踐扶輪社章程規定的出席要求。 Ko Tin-Lung (1953-2022) was for more than 20 years…
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Rotary International President A. Z. Baker – visits Hong Kong & Taiwan in 1955
Rotary International President A. Z. Baker visited Hong Kong & Taiwan – 1955 1 April 2015 “Peace is an old, old hope of man, but the peace that obtains in most of the world today seems far short of the ancient dream. It is a nervous, delicate, troubled peace; it could end, as everyone knows,…
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Rotarians served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council
Rotarians served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council As Presidents / Members / Secretary General 1 November 2016 This article attempts to list out those Rotarians who had served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council (英屬香港立法局) as Presidents (主席) / Members (議員) / Secretary General (秘書長) before 1 July 1997, in…
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Shenyang Rotarian Angus Ward – A Hostage in Communist China 1948-1949 – 1948-1949年中美外交摩擦的軟禁「華德事件」
1 中文版(中方觀點)在第 11-19 頁 1948-1949 年中美外交摩擦的軟禁「華德事件」 Shenyang Rotarian Angus Ward A Hostage in Communist China 1948-1949 1 December 2016 On the page of “Rotarians in the News” of《The Rotarian》magazine, Issue April 1950, there is a photo with such caption: “Angus Ward (center), former Consul General and Rotarian in Mukden, China, reports to President Truman. Now…
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Over the Great Wall – Rotary Service storms the barricade of racial antipathy by Arthur Melville
Rotary Service storms the barricade of racial antipathy By ARTHUR MELVILLE CROSS the north end of China, stretched over some twenty-two degrees of longitude lies the Great Wall, one of the most impressive artificial barriers ever erected by man. Roughly constructed of great boulders it was a formidable obstacle in its day, and for nineteen…
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A People Not Forgotten – Rotary Volunteers aid Hong Kong refugees – 1988
Glossary (1) Rotary Volunteers Rotarians put Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self into action every day and in every part of the world, generously contributing their time and skills to help others. Rotary clubs carry out service projects that address critical needs locally and often work with distant clubs to co- sponsor international efforts. Rotary…
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Rotary’s Crusade against Polio in China since 1989
Rotary’s Crusade against Polio in China since 1989 Built the world’s largest polio vaccine plant in Kunming 24 October 2015 News clipping on 8 October 1992 October 24 is Rotary’s World Polio Day. On this special day, we may look back quarter century ago a wonderful “End Polio” project in China — building the world’s…
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Rotary Institute in Hong – December 1995
President Brown participates in the ceremonial ribbon cutting to inaugurate the Projects in Asia Exhibition at the December Rotary Institute in Hong Kong. Herb is flanked by R.I. Director Sabina S. Santos of the Philippines and Past R. I. Director In Sang Song of Korea, convener of the Institute.
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Success in Asia – Presidential Conference Taipei 2002
The charter presentation of Khuree Rotary Club, Mongolia, was held at this Conference. Shanghai & Beijing Provisional Rotary Clubs participated via teleconference.
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Rotarian’s wife aids Hong Kong refugee children
A humanitarian project financed by the 3-H Grants of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Glossary (1) The 3-H Grants of The Rotary Foundation In 1978, The Rotary Foundation launched its most comprehensive humanitarian service activity with the Health, Hunger and Humanity Grants program. The “3-H” Grants program was designed to undertake large-scale service projects…
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Hong Kong at the Crossroad ~ by Jerome Greer Chandler
In 1985,《The Rotarian》magazine observed the monumental transition of the British Crown Colony Hong Kong to become the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China on 1 July 1997. Three Rotarians, Dr. Russell Kwok (郭志仁博士), William Heering, and Sanford Yung (容永道), of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong, expressed their opinions and vision.
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Asia-Pacific Presidential Conference – 2001
Asia-Pacific Presidential Conference – 2001 l New ideas from The Philippines, highlights youth and service opportunities … A portion of the Second Plenary Session was a technological zenith — and historic first – for Rotary presidential conferences: a teleconference between Rotarians in Manila and participants in a meeting for District 3450 (Hong Kong & Macao).…
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Kowloon East Rotary Club – Clean and Green Scheme 1985
A Clean Competition, Over 5500 people in Hong Kong turned out with shovels and a little bag in their hand to compete in the clean and green scheme, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kowloon East. They diligently collected litter, planted trees, cleaned picnic and campsites, and fought brushfires in 12 national parks. The massive…
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Kowloon Rotary Club – Project Careers on Wheels 1976
Kowloon Rotary Club – Project Careers on Wheels 1976 This mobile career guidance unit is provided by the Rotary Club of Kowloon to the Hong Kong government. The Careers on Wheels van extends to a display area of nearly 50 m² 538 ft.² Allowing small scale exhibitions to be set up in the most densely…
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ROTARY The View from Sixty – The 60th Anniversary in 1965
ROTARY – The View from Sixty – The 60th Anniversary in 1965 Picture for a moment 550,000 men Gathering each week in meeting places in 11700 communities in 125 lands .. Speech by RI President Charles Pettengill
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Dr. The Honourable Sir David Akers-Jones (New Territories) 鍾逸傑爵士 (新界)
Dr. The Honorable Sir David Akers-Jones New Territories Rotary Club Honorary Member By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (New Territories Rotary Club Director/Secretary 1983-1987) 25 December 2019 Dr. The Honorable Sir David Akers-Jones, KBE, GBM, CMG, HonDSocSc (CityPolyHK), HonLLD (CUHK), HonDCL (Kent), HonRICS, MA (Oxford), JP, (鍾逸傑爵士) (14 April 1927 – 30 September 2019), Briton, was…
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The Honourable Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (Kowloon) 霍士傑(九龍)
Kowloon Rotarian Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate First Chairman of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation 1 March 2015 The Honourable Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (霍士傑), C.B.E., J.P., (22 February 1919–21 October 2001), Briton, was the first Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) (九廣鐵路公司) since its incorporation on 24 December 1982 until 23 December 1990. This appointment was…
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The Honourable Sir Andrew Caldecott (Kuala Lumpur) 郝德傑爵士 (吉隆坡)
Sir Andrew Caldecott Former Rotarian served as the Governor of Hong Kong 1 December 2015 Sir Andrew Caldecott, G.C.M.G., K.B.E., K.St.J., LL.D., F.R.A.S., F.R.S.A., M.A., B.A., (26 October 1884 — 14 July 1951) was the 19th Governor of the British Crown Colony Hong Kong (第 19 任香港總督郝德傑爵士) in 1935-1937. Andrew Caldecott was previously the Charter…
