Category: History

  • The 4th Global Mandarin Development Conference – 第四屆全球扶輪華文社發展峰會 (2023)

    The 4th Global Mandarin Development Conference – 第四屆全球扶輪華文社發展峰會 (2023)

    第四屆全球扶輪華文社發展峰會 (GMDC) 於 2023 年 1 月 7 日星期六在台灣宜蘭縣蘇澳 鎮奇麗灣珍奶文化館 3 樓暨 4 樓光耀扶輪館隆 重舉行。近百位來自台灣、泰國、馬來西亞、 新加坡、柬埔寨、緬甸等國各地區的華文扶 輪社社友齊聚一堂,與受邀參與盛會的日本社 友,一起分享各國華文社發展現況,並且在前 一天,參加了在臨近的宜蘭縣五結鄉香格里拉 冬山河渡假飯店舉行的歡迎餐會,快樂聯誼。 國 際 扶 輪 前 社 長 黃 其 光 PRIP Gary 對 到 場 採 訪 的正聲廣播電台及民視表 示,「 有 感 於 說 東 方 語 文 尤 其 是 華 語 的 扶 輪…

  • Edward Cock (Hong Kong) 谷克(香港)

    Edward Cock (Hong Kong) 谷克(香港)

    Hong Kong Rotarian Edward Cock Commodore of Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club & President of Hong Kong Scouts By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 24 December 2015 Edward Cock (谷克太平紳士), MBE, AMICE, MINA, JP, (1884-1969) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong ( 香 港 扶 輪 社 )…

  • Dr. The Honorable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-Liang Yang – the Rotarian headed the Chinese Hong Kong Red Cross for 12 years

    Dr. The Honorable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-Liang Yang – the Rotarian headed the Chinese Hong Kong Red Cross for 12 years

    中文版在第 12-21 頁 拿督楊鐵樑爵士 領導中國香港紅十字會十二年的扶輪人 Dr. The Honorable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-Liang Yang  the Rotarian headed the Chinese Hong Kong Red Cross for 12 years By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 November 2023 Dr. The Honorable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-Liang Yang (拿督楊鐵樑爵士) (30 June 1929 – 24 June 2023),…

  • T. C. Lai (Hong Kong Island West) 賴恬昌(香港西區)

    T. C. Lai (Hong Kong Island West) 賴恬昌(香港西區)

    T. C. Lai — President of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West (14th term, 1967-1968) 賴恬昌 — 香港西區扶輪社第十四屆 1967-1968 年度社長 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 2022 年 12 月 1 日 賴恬昌太平紳士 (T. C. Lai, JP) (1921-2022) 是翻譯學者、書畫家,香港西區扶輪社 (Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club)第十四屆 1967-1968 年度社長。1970 年 3 月 11 日獲香 港總督戴麟趾爵士(Sir David Clive Crosbie Trench)委任為非官守太平紳士。…

  • Henry Ching (Hong Kong)

    Henry Ching (Hong Kong)

    Henry Ching, OBE, JP The First Hong Kong Rotarian Journalist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2016 Henry Ching, Editor, South China Morning Post Henry Ching, OBE, JP (2 November 1891 – 31 March 1968), career journalist, Editor of 《South China Morning Post》(SCMP) (南華早報), joined the Rotary Club of Hong Kong…

  • Hong Kong Rotarian Commissioners of Civil Aid Service

    Hong Kong Rotarian Commissioners of Civil Aid Service

    Hong Kong Rotarian Commissioners of Civil Aid Service By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2015 The Civil Aid Service (CAS) (民眾安全服務隊) of Hong Kong is a civil organization that assists in a variety of auxiliary emergency roles, including search and rescue operations in Hong Kong. CAS is funded by the Hong…

  • A. D. el Arculli (Hong Kong) 夏高理(香港)

    A. D. el Arculli (Hong Kong) 夏高理(香港)

    A. D. el Arculli – the first Rotarian Commissioner Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Brigade By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2015 A. D. el Arculli (夏高理), OBE, KSJ, ethnic Indian, solicitor, was a Charter Member 1931 of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) and later served the Club as…

  • The Honourable Charles Edward Michael Terry (Hong Kong) 泰利(香港)

    The Honourable Charles Edward Michael Terry (Hong Kong) 泰利(香港)

    Rotarian Charles Edward Michael Terry Founding Commissioner of Hong Kong Civil Aid Service in 1951-1967 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2016 The Honourable Charles Edward Michael Terry (泰利), CBE, CStJ, JP (1897 – 13 April 1980), Assistant General Manager of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd.…

  • Dr. The Honourable Roberto Alexandre de Senna Fernandes de Castro Basto (Hong Kong)

    Dr. The Honourable Roberto Alexandre de Senna Fernandes de Castro Basto (Hong Kong)

    Dr. The Honourable Roberto Alexandre de Senna Fernandes de Castro Basto Hong Kong Rotarian elected to serve Sanitary Board and Urban Council By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 January 2015 Dr. The Honourable Roberto Alexandre de Senna Fernandes de Castro Basto, DOMS, MRCS, LRCP, MBBS (HKU) (5 February 1898 – 18 November…

  • Walter Brown (Hong Kong)

    Walter Brown (Hong Kong)

    1 Hong Kong Rotarian Walter Brown Emeritus Professor in Mathematics of Hong Kong University By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 April 2015 Walter Brown, FRSE, AMIEE, MA, BSc (Glasgow) (29 April 1886, Glasgow – 14 April 1957, Marandellas, Rhodesia), Scottish mathematician and engineer, was an Active Member of Hong Kong Rotary Club…

  • Reginald David Walker (Hong Kong)

    Reginald David Walker (Hong Kong)

    Hong Kong Rotarian Reginald David Walker Railway Engineer and Volunteer Regiment Officer By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 May 2015 Reginald David Walker, MC, ARCS, DIC, MInstCE, (1892-1952), Chartered Civil Engineer, was in 1930-40s an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) holding the Classification “Transportation – Railway Transport”…

  • Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear (Hong Kong)

    Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear (Hong Kong)

    1 Hong Kong Rotarian Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear Army Officer / Archaeologist / Medical Scientist / General Practitioner By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 June 2015 Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear, MD (Sydney), Australian, was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) briefly in the Club’s early few years…

  • Dr. Kenelm Hutchinson Digby (Hong Kong)

    Dr. Kenelm Hutchinson Digby (Hong Kong)

    1 Professor Kenelm Hutchinson Digby Hong Kong Rotarian — an eminent pioneer of surgery By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 April 2015 Professor Kenelm Hutchinson Digby, OBE, FRCS, MBBS (4 August 1884 – 23 February 1954) was a British surgeon who lived and worked for many years in Hong Kong, where he…

  • Peter Kingson Kwok (Hong Kong) 郭幼廷(香港)

    Peter Kingson Kwok (Hong Kong) 郭幼廷(香港)

    Hong Kong Rotarian Peter Kingson Kwok Metal Trader and Founding Director of Bank of East Asia By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 October 2016 Peter Kingson Kwok ( 郭 幼 廷 ) (1883-1953), owner of metal trading firm Singon & Company (成安公司) and a founding director of the Bank of East Asia…

  • Dr. William Innes Gerrard (Hong Kong)

    Dr. William Innes Gerrard (Hong Kong)

    Emeritus Professor Dr. William Innes Gerrard, MD The Hong Kong Rotarian honoured with 11 orders/medals By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 February 2015 Emeritus Professor of the University of Hong Kong (香港大學) in 1950, Dr. William Innes Gerrard, CBE, FRCP, MRCP, MD (Aberd), MBChB (Aberd), DPH (Aberd), JP (13 May 1884 -…

  • Cades Alfred Middleton-Smith (Hong Kong)

    Cades Alfred Middleton-Smith (Hong Kong)

    Hong Kong Rotarian Cades Alfred Middleton-Smith The father of engineering education in Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 November 2018 Professor Cades Alfred Middleton-Smith, HonLLD (HKU), MSc (1879-1951), who died at his home in Guernsey, Channel Islands, on 31 July 1951, was the first Dean of Mechanical Engineering in the…

  • Dr. Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots (Hong Kong) 香樂思博士(香港)

    Dr. Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots (Hong Kong) 香樂思博士(香港)

    Dr. Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots The Hong Kong Rotarian Botanist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 April 2015 Dr. Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots (香樂思) (1902 – 14 January 1986), British botanist and ornithologist, was an Active Member of Hong Kong Rotary Club (香港扶輪社) in the 1930-40s holding the Classification “Education – Science”…

  • Wilfred Victor Pennell (Tientsin/Hong Kong) 潘納祿(天津/香港)

    Wilfred Victor Pennell (Tientsin/Hong Kong) 潘納祿(天津/香港)

    1 Journalist Wilfred Victor Pennell, OBE Former Tientsin Rotarian served Hong Kong Rotary Club as President 1954-55 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 November 2015 According to the archives of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社), Wilfred Victor Pennell (潘納祿), OBE (1892-1977) was its President in 1954-1955. Prior to that, Wilfred…

  • Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (Hong Kong) 羅旭龢爵士 (香港)

    Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (Hong Kong) 羅旭龢爵士 (香港)

    中文版在第 8-18 頁 香港議政局首席華人非官守議員 香港扶輪社員–羅旭龢爵士 Hong Kong Rotarian Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall Senior Chinese Unofficial Member of the Executive Council By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 July 2015 Dr. The Honourable Sir Robert Hormus Kotewall (羅旭龢爵士), Kt, CMG, HonLLD (HKU), JP (14 February 1880 – 23 May 1949), was Charter Member of…

  • Dr. The Honourable Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (Hong Kong) 鄧肇堅爵士(香港)

    Dr. The Honourable Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (Hong Kong) 鄧肇堅爵士(香港)

    中文版在第 13-18頁 香港扶輪社員企業家與慈善家–鄧肇堅爵士 Hong Kong Rotarian Sir Shiu-Kin Tang Entrepreneur and Philanthropist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2018 Dr. The Honourable Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (鄧肇堅爵士), Kt, CBE, KStJ, HonLLD (HKU), JP, (21 March 1901-19 June 1986) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港 扶輪社) with…