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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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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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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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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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Dr. The Hon. 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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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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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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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 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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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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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…
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The Hon. Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (Kowloon) 霍士傑(九龍)
Kowloon Rotarian Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate First Chairman of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2015 The Honourable Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (霍士傑), C.B.E., J.P., (22 February 1919–21 October 2001) was the first Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) (九 廣鐵路公司 ) since its incorporation on 24…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 November 2016 The old Supreme Court building has been the house of the Legislative Council from 1985 until 2011. This article attempts to list out those Rotarians who had…
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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,…
