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Hangchow Rotarian Rev. Robert Johnson McMullen – American Missionary served refugees relief in Wartime China
Hangchow Rotarian Rev. Robert Johnson McMullen American Missionary served refugees relief in Wartime China 1 May 2014 This small photo is illustrated by a piece of very short news reported in the Page 52, September 1938 Issue of《The Rotarian》Magazine: “In the forefront of relief activities, among 26,000 refugees, in Hangchow, China, are these seven Rotarians…
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Dissolved the 3 Rotary Districts in China in 1951
Dissolved the 3 Rotary Districts in China in 1951 The Proximate Cause by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2016 The Decision Though there had been vision and mission on 1 July 1937 to develop 2,000 Rotary clubs in The Republic of China (中華民國), the 3 Rotary districts spread on most of…
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Dr. Herman C. E. Liu – The Shanghai Rotarian assassinated by Imperial Japan’s Agents – 被日本帝國特工暗殺的上海扶輪社員–劉湛恩博士
中文版在第 20-29 頁 被日本帝國特工暗殺的上海扶輪社員–劉湛恩博士 Dr. Herman C. E. Liu The Shanghai Rotarian assassinated by Imperial Japan’s agents 1 December 2016 Dr. Herman C. E. Liu (劉湛恩博士), President of the Shanghai University (滬江大學), was assassinated by Imperial Japan’s agents in 1938. This is in the Rotary China History that a Rotarian educator, even not a politician…
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R.I. District 3450 First All-Medical Group Study Exchange Team to Beijing
First all-medical GSE team to Beijing The traditional Chinese proverb, “you rely on friends when you are not at home,” couldn’t have found a better example than the first all- medical Group Study Exchange (GSE) with a non-Rotary country, between physicians from Beijing, People’s Republic of China, and their counterparts in Hong Kong and Macau.…
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District 3450 raised fund for PolioPlus Partners Program
Rotarians raise $220.000 District 3450 has been a generous supporter of the PolioPlus Partners program, through which Rotary clubs, districts, and individual Rotarians volunteer time and “I led a team there,” says Wong. “[But the 1999 effort] can’t be compared to this one, in terms of the amount of money involved.” for PolioPlus Partners District…
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Hong Kong Clubs mark Centennial with Nature Project -2005
Hong Kong clubs mark centennial with nature project FOR THEIR centennial project, six Rotary clubs in Hong Kong will contribute HK$500.000 to renovate a nature center and build a wetland conservation research center. The Rotary clubs of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island West, Hong Kong Northwest, The Peak, City Northwest Hong Kong, and Mid-Level will…
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Khuree Rotary Club – Project Test for Life
on 15 December 2016 (1) Mongolian Project Test for Life In order to provide health information to the public, with women in particular, about cervical cancer early detection, awareness and prevention, the Rotary Club of Khuree, Mongolia, started broadcasting 10-minute radio programs twice a week on FM stations in Ulaanbaatar, with the support of the…
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Ulaanbaatar Rotary Club – Australian Rotarians rescue a life in Mongolia – 1995
Australian Rotarians rescue a life in Mongolia BY PHILLIP HINTON Hishigzul is a playful, robust two-year-old Mongolian girl. Her rosy cheeks and inquisitive eyes would certainly qualify her to be the star of a movie or a television program. In November 1994, how- ever, she was experiencing severe ham problems loacaneilaring help her, Hishigzul’s life…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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Kwun Tong Rotary Club – Project Music Across the Ocean
The spirit of internationality “Music Across the Ocean was the theme of an international service project which brought together Rotarians of Kieran To B, gruitan E aspha and Santa Philippines. Members of the three clubs sponsored a singing tour of the Philippines for the 54 members of the Kwun Tong Children’s Chorus. The Kwun Tong…
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Kowloon East Rotary Club – Rotary Villages Project in Jiangsu China
The Rotary Club of Kowloon East Rotary Villages Project in Jiangsu Province, China, 1992 九龍東區扶輪社 1992 年中國江蘇省扶輪新村項目 China- Jiangsu Province residents join Tommy Wan of the Rotary Club of Kowloon East commemorating the building of the first of two Rotary Club villages in mainland China. Each village includes 110 houses, which the Rotarians donated to…
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Tolo Harbour Rotary Club supported End Polio in Africa
Tolo Harbour Rotary Club supported End Polio in Africa — 1997 Charter President 1987-1988-1989, Tolo Harbour Rotary Club 24 October 2015 PolioPlus Program World Polio Day is 24 October. PolioPlus, the most ambitious program in Rotary’s history, is the volunteer arm of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. For the last three decades, Rotary has led…
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Rotary Club of Bayview Sunshine Hong Kong – Walk for a Polio Free World
Polio campaign Setting the pace to end polio More than 2,000 people converged at scenic Victoria Peak, Hong Kong, on 10 November 2002 to participate in the three-mile Walk for a Polio-Free World. The Rotary Club of Bayview Sunshine organized the event, which raised US$50.000 for the polio eradication fundraising campaign from sponsors who pledged…
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國際扶輪社三四五地區第二十五屆年會
Translation – The 25th Annual Conference of Rotary International District 345, marking its silver jubilee, was held from March 21 to 23, 1985, at Yangmingshan Zhongshan Hall and Taipei’s Grand Hotel. Under the leadership of Governor Ricardo Lin of Taipei East Rotary Club (1984-1985), the event attracted 1,402 participants from Hong Kong and Macau (188),…
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R.I. District 345 Mini-Marathon for Disabled in Taiwan
Over 2,000 disabled athletes competed in the mini-marathon. Rotarians take off in Taiwan joy Doing Good Things Program,” a feature of Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. The Rotarians of District 345 (Republic of China) are stepping up service at all levels. One high point of the year was a mini-marathon for the disabled sponsored by 11…
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Hong Kong Tree Planting Day
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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…
