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The First 30 Years of Women in Rotary
The 30 Years of Women in RotaryBy Herbert K. Lau(劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian)1July 2019July 2019 marks the 100th year of Rotary in Shanghai, as well as in Greater China. In these 100 years, Md.Terri Lau (劉麗賢), a Hong Kong native Chinese, is the third woman to serve president of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社)in 2019-2020. However,…
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Rotary International President Percy Hodgson – Visit to Hong Kong & Canton in 1949
Rotary International President Percy Hodgson Visit to Hong Kong and Canton in 1949 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian)1 July 2015Percy HodgsonThe Presidential TravelThe pattern for a year marked with inspiration, enthusiasm and achievement, was set by Rotary International President 1949-1950 Percy Hodgson of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.A., when, as President Nominee, he…
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Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan (Peking) 蔡廷幹海軍上將(北京)
史上第一位華籍扶輪社社長-蔡廷幹海軍上將 Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan The First Chinese Rotary Club President in History 1 July 2014 Admiral Tsai Ting-Kan 蔡廷幹海軍上將 The First Chinese Rotary Club President in History After the establishment of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) in 1919, followed by Tients in Rotary Club(天津扶輪社) in 1923, a group of outstanding persons in Peking (Beijing) gathered together…
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The Rotary Mottos – Created by Whom and When
The Rotary Mottos Created by Whom and When 1 February, 2017 What is a motto? One dictionary definition reads: “a maxim adopted as a principle of behavior.” When Rotary was formed in 1905 on a firm principle of behavior, it had no motto. But the actions of its growing membership soon molded not one, but…
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The World’s Longest Dancing Chinese Dragon 1991 by HK Rotarians and Rotaractors
Entered The Guinness Book of World Records 1991 The World’s Longest Dancing Chinese Dragon by Hong Kong Rotarians and Rotaractors District 3450 Rotaract Chair 1990-1991-1992 1 August 2017 In a summer night of 10 August 1991, highlight of the 3rd International Abilympics (第三屆國際展能節) hosted by the Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation (香港復康會) and to celebrate…
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Some Famous Firsts in Rotary
Some ‘Famous Firsts’ in Rotary by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 January 2015 Was Paul Harris the first president of a Rotary Club? NO Was Paul Harris the first president of Rotary International? YES There is an easy explanation to this apparent contradiction. Although Paul Harris was the founder and organizer of…
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Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (Shanghai) 鄺富灼博士 (上海) #2
中文版在第6-7頁The First Chinese Director of Rotary International Dr. Fong Foo-Sec and the Business of Teaching English 1 June 2014Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (鄺富灼博士), B.A.(UCBerkeley); M.A., M.Ed.(Columbia); LL.D.(Pomona), (1869-1938), a Guangdong native, joined the Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) on 4 April 1922(Classification: Books Publishing), was the first Chinese who served as a director of Rotary International in…
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Chung Chi College Rotaract Club – Rural Village Project 2006 – 崇基學院扶輪青年服團
From December 28, 2006, to January 2, 2007, thirty-one undergraduate students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Chung Chi College Rotaract Club conducted a service exchange project at Datuntou Primary School in Xitan Town, Qingxin County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province. The event, titled “Love and Qingyuan, Warmth in the Mountains,” aimed to provide support…
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A Day of Outing for 30 Blind Girls at the Holiday Camp – Hong Kong Rotary Club
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General History of Rotary International
General History of Rotary International1 January 2017 In its early years, Rotary clubs served as a respite for their members from the rampant corruption and fraud of the day. After a few years of conducting business with their fellow club members, Rotarians understood that one of the organization’s great strengths was the unusually high ethical…
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William Benter (Kowloon North) – Bill Benter – In the Cards
I was about to turn 40 when I joined Rotary. The timing was perfect. I’d wandered into a profession, computer software development, where I was disconnected from any community. I was developing a somewhat complex database program for betting on horse races, based on 70 variables for each horse that enabled me and my colleagues…
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Rotary in Hong Kong and Kowloon in 1952
Rotary in Hong Kong and Kowloon in 19521 December 2015This is the cover of the April 1952 Issue of《The Rotarian》magazine, and this was the first time the beautiful Victoria Harbourscene used on the cover of this global magazine with pictorial story telling Rotarians world-wide how the then British Crown Colony Hong Kong was recovering from…
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End Polio Now – The First National Immunization Days in China 1993-94
End Polio Now–The First National Immunization Days in China 1993-941 October 2016 October 24 is Rotary’s World Polio Day 2016. Twenty plus years ago, there were the first National Polio Immunization Days in China, which made China reached 100 million children in historic immunization campaign. On December 5, 1993, the People’s Republic of China launched…
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Ricardo Lin (Taipei East) 林A新(_北|^)
中文版在第 4-27 頁 台北東區扶輪社 — 林華新 從政治囚徒到國際扶輪 345 地區總監 Taipei East Rotary Club – Ricardo Lin From political prisoner to Rotary International District 345 Governor By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 31 July 2025 Ricardo Lin (林華新) (1921-2010) was a prominent Taiwanese entrepreneur, philanthropist, calligrapher, and highly respected civic leader. He survived mid-century…
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75 Years of Rotary in China – 扶輪在中國75年
Extract from the Rotarian 1994 The establishment of Shanghai Rotary Club and its initial service plan When Rotary was founded in Shanghai in 1919, at that time, Shanghai, the largest port in the Yangtze River Estuary in China, and it is also the country’s largest port The main window for the opening of the world.…
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The Birth of The Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club in 1954
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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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Rotary in China commenced with The Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919
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The Hon. Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton (Hong Kong)
Sir William Edward Leonard Shenton Charter Member & Director of Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930 1 February 2015 Birth of The Rotary Club of Hong Kong The British Crown Colony Hong Kong located at the south China coast was the first prospect of Rotary International to extend Rotary landing on the continent of Asia.…
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The History of District 3450
By Past District Governor Peter K. P. Hall From a lonely man’s hunger for friendship, Rotary has become the most influential international service organization today. For one club with only four members 103 years ago, Rotary today has more than 32,000 clubs with an estimated 1,200,000 Rotarians in 200 countries and regions.
