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The First 75 Years of Rotary in Asia – 扶輪在亞洲的最初七十五年
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Yen Chia-Kan (Taipei) 嚴家淦 (臺北)
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The Honourable William Ngartse Thomas Tam (Hong Kong) 譚雅士(香港) – the First Rotarian Chairman of Po Leung Kuk 譚雅士大律師– 首位香港扶輪人執掌保良局
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David Kwok – (Shanghai) From Industrialist to Statesman
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The Honourable KWOK Chan, CBE, KStJ, JP – 17th President of Hong Kong Rotary Club 議員郭贊太平紳士 – 香港扶輪社第十七任社長
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David W. K. Au – Co-Founder of Chung Chi College
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臺灣扶輪地區之演進
臺灣扶輪地區的演進劉敬恒(中華扶輪史研究員)2018年3月1日儘管臺北扶輪社是1948年在中華民國臺灣省成立的第一家扶輪社，臺灣扶輪地區演進史的研究，必須以臺灣光復前後之斷層期（1941-1948）為分界嶺，做兩階段的區分。雖然，日治時期臺灣的扶輪組織與戰後臺灣的扶輪社並無直接的臍帶關係。 …The Evolution of the Rotary District in Taiwan Liu Jingheng (Researcher on the History of Rotary in China) March 1, 2018 Although the Taipei Rotary Club was the first Rotary Club established in Taiwan Province of the Republic of China in 1948, research on the evolution of the Rotary District in Taiwan , we…
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Peter K. P. Hall (Hong Kong Island East) 賀錦平 (香港東區)
Peter K. P. Hall Dedicated Youth Service through Scouting 1 January 2017 Affectionately called “Uncle Peter” by most of his fellows, Peter K. P. Hall (賀錦平) (1925-2016), of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East (香港東區扶輪社), was elected the 22nd Rotary International District 345 Governor in 1981-1982 when the District was compiled with clubs…
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Many Firsts in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong
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Dr. The Honourable Sir M. K. Lo (羅文錦爵士) – Co-founder and First President of Asian Football Confederation
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Dr. The Honourable Ts’o Seen-Wan, CBE, LLD, JP The First Legislative Councillor served Rotary Club President 曹善允博士 — 首位擔任扶輪社社長的立法局議員
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The Honourable Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton (Hong Kong)
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Presidential Conference 2000: Hong Kong
Presidential Conference 2000 Below: Keynote speaker the Honorable C.Y. Leung, convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, S.A.R., spoke on the impact of the regional economy on community service. Right: Past district governors Raymond Wong (left) and Charles Loh address a group discussion session. 4:2000 PRETAT, COTE 000 With the clang of a traditional…
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The Green Great Wall Centennial Community Project jointly by Rotary Korea and Mongolia
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New Zealander Benjamin Wong-Tape, O.B.E., J.P. – Charter Secretary of Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930
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Rotary in China commenced with The Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919
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The Hong Kong Workshop – Preparing for the return of Rotary – 1994
SPECIAL REPORT The Hong Kong Workshop Preparing for the return of Rotary T s the R.I. Board of Directors and adjacent non-Rotary countries.” able to the Hong Kong Workshop. reviewed the notable prog A second key difference was the ress made to date in extend other goals: to design a comprehen- political stance of governments.…
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Dr. George Choa Wing-Sien (蔡永善醫生) An Otorhinolaryngologist of International Repute
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Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of the City University of Hong Kong
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Rotary and Its Founder – The Story of a Man and a Movement
Rotary and Its Founder, The Story of a man and a movement An extract from The Rotarian June 1926 by Paul P. Harris. On the shore of Lake Michigan, the second largest of North America’s great inland seas, sixty miles north of Chicago and twenty-five miles south of Milwaukee, lies a small city called Racine.…
