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Kowloon West Rotary Club Project Concern 1963 – Doctor Afloat: Hong Kong
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The First 25 Years (1905-1930) – Building the structure that made Rotary great
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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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Rotary International President Clifford A. Randall –Visit to Hong Kong in 1959
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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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澳門濠江扶輪社 – 廣西北海 – 水井和圖書館項目
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Rotary International District 345 Governors (1960-1984)
Translation – Rotary International District 345 was established on July 1, 1960, comprising three territories from three different countries: the Republic of China (Taiwan), the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, and the Portuguese territory of Macao. On July 1, 1987, the district was redefined to include only Hong Kong and Macao. Subsequently, starting July…
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R.I. District 345 Award-Winning Club Projects
AWARD-WINNING CLUB PROJECTS The Awards Committee of District 345 has presented trophies to two Clubs for their outstanding contributions to their communities. They are: -The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West: for its Rotary Village on Mount Davis (see photo). Opened early this year, the Village provides permanent housing for 64 families, a total…
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R.I. District 345 – Rotary in Taiwan
《The Rotarian》 November 1973 THE CHARTERING of the first Rotary Club on Taiwan was not a beginning but rather a continuation of the Rotary tradition of mainland China. The Chinese Communist victory over the Nationalist armies in 1949 effectively ended Rotary on the mainland, but a year earlier the seed had been transplanted to Taiwan…
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R.I. District 345 – Projects by Clubs in Taiwan
Republic of China. Here is a happy thought from the Rotary Club of Taipei West. Most of the club’s previous projects had been highly “visible” ones: a playground, a waterfall, a home for crippled children, a city clean-up campaign. One day, feeling that a little optimism wouldn’t hurt the community, the club decided to initiate…
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District 345 of Rotary International – A General Picture in the Years
District 345 of Rotary International A General Picture in the Years 1976-1978 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 May 2014 Except here below is a report given by S. H. Sung ( 宋常康), of Hong Kong Rotary Club ( 香港扶輪社), District 345 Governor 1975-1976, at the “Voices of Asia” Session during the…
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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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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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一•二八事變中的上海扶輪社
The Shanghai Rotary Club, an international humanitarian organization dedicated to promoting world peace, faced significant challenges during the January 28 Incident (1932). Comprising members from China, Japan, the United States, Britain, and other countries, the club’s special committee launched petitions aimed at halting the conflict, though these efforts ultimately failed due to Japan’s issuance of…
