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The Honourable 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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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
1 The Green Great Wall Centennial Community Project jointly by Rotary Korea and Mongolia By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒), Founder and Honorary Member Niislel Rotary Club, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 1 November 2008 Sometimes global problems seem so, well, global, especially when it comes to the environment. It can get downright overwhelming when you are constantly bombarded…
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Rotary in China commenced with The Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919
Rotary in China commenced withThe Birth of the Shanghai Rotary Club in 1919 1 July2014 The Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社) was the “father” of Rotary in China, and was the first Rotary Club formed in The Republic of China (中華民國) in 1919(as well as the second Club formed in Asia). That was 95 years…
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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
Dr. George Choa Wing-SienAn Otorhinolaryngologist of International Repute 1 September 2015“Pioneer was one of city’s first specialist surgeons.”“Top ear, nose and throat expert and tireless advocate for rights of deaf people dies at 92.”~~ 《South China Morning Post》Monday, 7 October 2013Dr. George Choa Wing-Sien(蔡永善), G.B.S., C.B.E., K.St.J., LL.D., F.H.K.A.M., F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., D.L.O., M.B., B.S.,…
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Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of the City University of Hong Kong
Eminent Rotarians on the Honorary Graduates Roster of City University of Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 October 2020 The City University of Hong Kong (CityU) (香港城市大學) is a public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. It was founded in 1984 as the City…
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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.…
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Why the Rotary Year begins on the First of July – 為什麼扶輪年度從 7 月 1 日開始
Why the rotary year begins on the first of July by 1 july 2015 rotary’s first fiscal year began the day after the first convention ended. This is the group photo of the convention of the rotary clubs of America held in rotarys birthplace, Chicago, in 1910. 1910, ever wonder why the rotary year begins…
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The Honourable Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales (Hong Kong)
Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales Rotarian served as the First elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Urban Council 1 September 2017 The Honourable Arnaldode Oliveira Sales(沙利士), G.C.I.H., G.B.M., C.B.E., J.P., joined The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) after he has retired from the World President of The Junior Chamber International in 1956. Later, he was…
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Many FIRSTs in District 3450 of Rotary International
Many FIRSTs in District 3450 of Rotary International 1 February 2020 District 3450 of Rotary International was inaugurated on 1 July 1960 when the code then was 3 digits of “345” only. Commencing 1 July 1991, all Rotary districts are to be identified with a 4-digit number system. This was initially accomplished by adding a…
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The Birth of Canton Rotary Club 廣州扶輪社 in 1931
Birth of Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) in 1931 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 September 2015 This piece of history is referred to the Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) formed in the first republican nation in Asia – The Republic of China (中華民國). The Club was organized at the year end of 1931…
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Why and How was The Rotary Foundation Scholarships initiated in 1947
Why and How was The Rotary Foundation scholarships initiated in 1947 1 November, 2016November 2016 is“The Rotary Foundation Month”. The year 2017 will be the 100thAnniversary of The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, and will also be the 70thyear of the establishment of The Rotary Foundation scholarship program. Offering scholarships for overseas advanced studies improved…
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The First Meeting of Rotary in Room 711 – 扶輪的第一次會議
The First Meeting of Rotary The 23rd February each year marks the anniversary since the Thursday of 23 February 1905 when Paul Harris, his friend and client Silvester Schiele, friend Gus Loehr and acquantance Hiram Shorey met in Gus’s office in the Unity Building in Chicago, USA, in Room 711. Here is the account in…
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The Rotary Call Name – First Name or Nickname
The Rotary Call Name–First Name or Nickname 23 February, 2014It is very common, whenever you are going to fill in the registration form for convention or conference, you will be required to: “Enter your name as you wish it to appear on your convention badge. Please mark your Rotary call name (Nickname) in the space…
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The World in 1945 when Rotary 40 Years Old
The World in 1945 when Rotary 40 Years Old 23 February, 2015 The year 1945 was the 40th Anniversary of Rotary since its inception in 1905. Rotary Clubs in all parts of the world enthusiastically observed the 40thbirthday of the founding of Rotary on 23rd February. Anniversary highlight was an international broadcast, participated in by…
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First Men of Rotary ‘Harry Ruggles’ – He Taught Rotary to Sing
Harry Ruggles: he taught Rotary to sing In early 1920, in a letter to Silvester Schiele, one of the original four members of the Rotary Club of Chicago, Rotary founder Paul Harris wrote: “As I look back over the field of early events, the work of Harry Ruggles so completely overshadows all others in connection…
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Dr. Lee Ying-Lam (Canton) 李應林博士(廣州)
Member of the Rotary Club of Guangzhou (1931), who is always remembered by Lingnan University and Chongji College-Dr. Li Yinglin Liu Jingheng (Researcher of Rotary History of China) March 1, 2016 Lingnan University renamed one of its lecture halls “Lee Ying Lam Lecture Theatre” after relocating to the Tuen Mun Permanent Campus of Hong Kong in…
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Kwo Keh-Ti (Taipei) 郭克悌(臺北)
中文版在第 10-13頁 郭克悌 — 國際扶輪 345 地區第一任總監 Kwo Keh-Ti – The First Governor of District 345 Rotary International By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 October 2014 Kwo Keh-Ti (郭克悌) (2 February 1893 – March 1971), President 1952-1953 of Taipei Rotary Club (臺北扶輪社), was the first Governor in 1960-1961 of Rotary International District…
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Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (Shanghai) #1 鄺富灼博士(上海) #1
Rotary International Director Dr. Fong Foo-Sec From Kitchen Boy to Doctorate 1 June 2014 Dr. Fong Foo-Sec (鄺富灼博士),B.A.(UC Berkeley); 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 1933-1934, but very…
