Category: History

  • Rotary International District 345 Governors (1960-1984)

    Rotary International District 345 Governors (1960-1984)

    國際扶輪 345地區歷任總監1960年-1991年 List of Governors 1960-1991 Rotary International District 345 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2015 (A) 345 地區成立於 1960 年 7 月 1 日,由 3 個不同國家的 3 個領土組成:(1) 中華民國-臺灣;(2) 英國殖民地香港;(3) 葡萄牙屬地澳門。 (B) 自1987年7月 1日起,345地區全部劃編予香港和澳門。 (C) 自1991年7月1 日起,所有扶輪地區採用 4位數字編號系統,在每個目前 地區編號末尾加上一個零。從此,345地區改為 3450地區,直至今日。 (A) The District 345 was established on 1 July…

  • 澳門濠江扶輪社 – 廣西北海 – 水井和圖書館項目

    澳門濠江扶輪社 – 廣西北海 – 水井和圖書館項目

    For a long time, the social friends of the Haojiang River in Macao have been full of love. They have donated money in the mainland of the motherland, and Fu Lingke is sleepy, and the egg has been praised. On the occasion of the golden autumn of 2007, through the new publishing bureau in Beihai…

  • Hong Kong – Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign

    Hong Kong – Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign

    truly was a worldwide effort, Scott points to the estimated $50 million contribution from U.S. clubs and districts. “If not for Rotary and the United States, this polio eradication] initiative would really be in financial straits,” he says. Lou Piconi, chair of the North American PEFC Committee, notes the contributions of young people in Interact…

  • Refugees and Human Rights – by Karl L. Stumpf

    Refugees and Human Rights –  by Karl L. Stumpf

    GERMAN NOVELIST Heinrich Ball, commenting on the estimated 16 million refugees in the world, calls our era “the century of refugees and prisoners.” The 1981 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, underscores what has been described as an ‘unfortunate reality’ of our time. This is the…

  • Peninsula and Peninsula Sunrise Rotary clubs – Literacy Program in Dongguan 1997

    Peninsula and Peninsula Sunrise Rotary clubs – Literacy Program in Dongguan 1997

    A journey worth making Since 1997, members of the Rotary clubs of Peninsula and Peninsular Sunrise, Hong Kong, China, have made a six-hour trip to and from Liaopu, Dongguan Province, every Saturday without fail. The reason for the long trek? Their desire to participate in a vital literacy program that is organized at a local…

  • Kowloon West Rotary Club – Project Aid for Addicts 1965

    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…

  • Kowloon East Rotary Club – First 100% Major Donor Club of The Rotary Foundation

    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…

  • 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

    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…

  • Canton and Swatow – Rotary Clubs in the former Kwangtung Province

    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…

  • Dr. The Honourable James Wu Man-hon

    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…

  • Nelson Yip – 葉少康

    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…

  • Kingspark Hong Kong Rotaract Club – Project Spina Bifida Concerns

    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…

  • Hong Kong Northeast Rotary Club – School Project in remote Chinese villages

    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…

  • Hong Kong Rotarian donated US$1.2 million to the Rotary Foundation

    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…

  • R.I. District 3450 – Gobi Desert Race for Polio Plus -2005

    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.…

  • Rotary International President Clifford A. Randall –Visit to Hong Kong in 1959

    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.

  • Rotary in Asia – January 1959

    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…

  • The First 25 Years (1905-1930) – Building the structure that made Rotary great

    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…

  • Kowloon West Rotary Club Project Concern 1963 – Doctor Afloat: Hong Kong

    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…

  • Planet Rotary – History of the Rotarian Magazine since 1911

    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…