Category: History

  • 臺灣扶輪地區之演進

    臺灣扶輪地區之演進

    The evolution of the Rotary District in Taiwan can be divided into two distinct phases, separated by the transitional period from 1941 to 1948 surrounding Taiwan’s liberation. Although the Taipei Rotary Club was established in 1948 as the first Rotary Club in Taiwan under the Republic of China, research into the history of Rotary in…

  • The First 75 Years of Rotary in Asia – 扶輪在亞洲的最初七十五年

    The First 75 Years of Rotary in Asia – 扶輪在亞洲的最初七十五年

    The First 75 Years of Rotary in Asia1 June 2019 “There is one fact that stands out clear and huge as Mount Olympus, or Fujiyama for that matter, and that is the fact that all countries need all other countries; not one of them can be spared. We need not be jealous of each other’s…

  • Chinese Rotarian The First Man Signed The United Nations Charter 1945

    Chinese Rotarian The First Man Signed The United Nations Charter 1945

    Chinese Rotarian Dr. V. K. Wellington KooThe first Man signed the United Nations Charter 1945 26 June 2020 The year of 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary ofThe United Nations. Created 75 years ago in the ashes of World War II, the United Nations today remains true to its founding mission: to bring nations and peoples…

  • Women Serving Rotary

    Women Serving Rotary

    Women Serving Rotary8 March, 2017 –International Women’s DaySome very significant programs of Rotary service are conducted not by Rotarians but by organizations of Rotarians’ wives and other female relatives associated with Rotary clubs around the world. Generally organized before Rotary clubs admitted women to membership since 1989, these groups served, and continue to serve, as…

  • Sir Andrew Caldecott (Kuala Lumpur) 郝德傑爵士(吉隆坡)

    Sir Andrew Caldecott (Kuala Lumpur) 郝德傑爵士(吉隆坡)

    1 中文版在第 19-26 頁 郝德傑爵士–前扶輪社長出任香港總督 Sir Andrew Caldecott Past Rotary Club President served as Colonial Hong Kong Governor By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2015 Sir Andrew Caldecott (1937) Sir Andrew Caldecott, GCMG, KStJ, CBE, FRAS, FRSA, BA (Oxon), (26 October 1884 — 14 July 1951) was the 19th Governor of…

  • Bishop John Hind (Foochow) 恆約翰主教(福州)

    Bishop John Hind (Foochow) 恆約翰主教(福州)

    Anglican Church — Bishop John Hind Charter Member of Foochow Rotary Club 1933 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 25 December 2015 Bishop John Hind (恆約翰主教), HonDD (Dublin), BA (Trinity) (17 February 1879 – 7 July 1958), Belfast-born, was an Anglo-Irish missionary Bishop of Fukien (Fujian) (福建) Diocese of the Anglican Church in…

  • Rotarians served as President of the Municipal Council of the Portuguese Territory Macao

    Rotarians served as President of the Municipal Council of the Portuguese Territory Macao

    Rotarians served as President of the Municipal Council of the Portuguese Territory Macao By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2019 Flag of the Macao Municipal Council In the Rotary China History, the Rotary Club of Macau (澳門扶輪社) has been the home of three eminent Rotarians who served as President of the…

  • Dr. The Hon. Sir David Akers-Jones (New Territories) 鍾逸傑爵士 (新界)

    Dr. The Hon. Sir David Akers-Jones (New Territories)  鍾逸傑爵士 (新界)

    Dr. The Honorable Sir David Akers-Jones New Territories Rotary Club Honorary Member By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (New Territories Rotary Club Director/Secretary 1983-1987) 25 December 2019 Dr. The Honorable Sir David Akers-Jones, KBE, GBM, CMG, HonDSocSc (CityPolyHK), HonLLD (CUHK), HonDCL (Kent), HonRICS, MA (Oxford), JP, (鍾逸傑爵士) (14 April 1927 – 30 September 2019), Briton, was…

  • Rotary Club Charter Number

    Rotary Club Charter Number

    Rotary Club Charter Number 1 July, 2014 Several thousand Rotary clubs state that they have the Club Number on their charters, while more than twenty thousand clubs claim that there is no such number shown. Which is the TRUTH? The Charter Number Yesterday Hanging on the wall in the office of The Rotary Club of…

  • The Evolution of the ‘Object of Rotary’

    The Evolution of the ‘Object of Rotary’

    The Evolution of the Object of Rotary 1 January 2014 In some areas of the world, weekly Rotary club meetings begin with all members standing and reciting the 《 Object of Rotary 》 . This statement, which comes from the Rotary International Constitution, is frequently seen on a wall plaque in Rotarians’ offices or places…

  • Architect José Celestino da Silva Maneiras (Macau) 馬斯華建築師(澳門)

    Architect José Celestino da Silva Maneiras (Macau) 馬斯華建築師(澳門)

    José Celestino da Silva Maneiras (1935–2025) was a prominent Macanese architect and politician who significantly shaped Macau’s architectural and urban development. A graduate of the University of Porto’s Faculty of Fine Arts in 1962, Maneiras returned to Macau to lead innovative architectural projects, including notable residential complexes, the Centro de Reabilitação de Cegos, and recreational…

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

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

    Dr. The Honourable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Ti-Liang Yang ~ Rotarian headed the Chinese Hong Kong Red Cross for 12 years rev. 376- 2026-02-27 Sir-Ti-Liang-Yang-楊鐵樑爵士.pdf 中文版在第 拿督楊鐵樑爵士 領導中國香港紅十字會十二年的扶輪人 The Honourable Dato Seri Paduka Sir Liang Yang Rotarian Chinese Hong Kong Red Cross Herbert Lau 劉敬恒 Rotary China Historian November 2023 June 1929 GBM SPMB HonLLD…

  • Architect Paul Prince Wiant 范哲明 (Foochow)

    Architect Paul Prince Wiant  范哲明  (Foochow)

    中文版在第 6-10 頁 范哲明建築師–福州扶輪社 1935-1936 年度社長 Architect Paul Prince Wiant — President 1935-1936 of Foochow Rotary Club By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 May 2015 Architect Paul Prince Wiant and Mrs. Hallie Wiant Paul Prince Wiant (范哲明), MAIA, BEng (Cincinnati), BSc (Ohio Wesleyan) (1887–1973) was an American architect associated with the Methodist…

  • Chen Ron-Chu (Chunan) 陳榮秋(竹南)

    Chen Ron-Chu (Chunan) 陳榮秋(竹南)

    為了 採 訪 2024-25 Foundation Circle 新 科 會 員 ── 3501 地 區 竹 南 扶 輪 社 PP Garment 陳榮秋,我們專程南下苗 栗竹南,只為親眼見證他的傳奇。 「真正的勇氣,是在你還不知道未來 會怎樣的時候,依然選擇前進。」 ── 海明威 (Ernest Hemingway) 行前,我特別拜讀 Garment 的傳記《牛仔 界的成吉思汗》。書中的他,是個征戰世界的 開拓者,膽識過人,行動果決,擁有鋼鐵般的 企圖,帶領著台灣成衣業與紡織業,挑戰國際 版圖,從台灣出發,到非洲、中南美洲、亞洲 各國設廠,更與世界最頂尖的品牌合作。 這樣一位敢於挑戰的先行者,擁有至高 的戰略眼光與實幹精神,我在心中勾勒他的形 象,必定氣場強大,霸氣十足。 然而,最強大的將軍,霸氣藏在靈魂深 處。眼前的他,舉止恬淡從容,說話時沉穩而 堅定,語速不快,話語平實,卻句句透露出縝 密的思維,面對每一個問題,都像在推演經濟 戰略。唯有眼神透露了他的氣勢,他用當年打 天下的力量,實踐對公益與扶輪的承諾。 「財富不是你擁有了多少,而是你如 何運用它。」 ── 華倫‧愛德華‧巴菲特 (Warren Edward Buffett) 1 Even…

  • Reverend Princeton S. Hsu (Shanghai West) 徐松石牧師(滬西)

    Reverend Princeton S. Hsu (Shanghai West) 徐松石牧師(滬西)

    徐松石牧師–滬西扶輪社的最後書記 Reverend Princeton S. Hsu – The last Rotary Club Secretary of Shanghai West 劉敬恒 (中華扶輪史研究員) 2014 年 10 月 10 日 Reverend Princeton S. Hsu, MA, (徐松石牧師) was the Secretary of the Shanghai West Rotary Club (滬西扶輪社) for 1950-1951. Unfortunately, the Shanghai West Rotary Club was short-lived. It was organized in 1948, admitted to…

  • Antonio I-Tson Soo (Taipei Shihlin) 蘇一仲(台北士林)

    Antonio I-Tson Soo (Taipei Shihlin) 蘇一仲(台北士林)

    戴著辨識度極高的貝雷 紳 士 帽,3522 地 區 台 北 士 林社 PDG Antonio 蘇一仲, 春 風 笑 靨 應 邀 受 訪「AKS Foundation Circle 受 獎 人 」 帶狀專欄。妙語如珠,例例 雋永,隨時遞上補充資料, 顯見有備而來以及對此次訪 談的重視。 訪 問 結 束 後,PDG Antonio 幽 默 地 露 了 一 手, 還指導這個戲法的秘訣,果 然有一套,很是親民。知名 企業家集名模和明星身分的 社友出現在台灣扶輪月刊, 畢竟不多見,辦公室小騷動 是 必 然 的, 合 照…

  • Dr. Min-Ch’ien T. Z. Tyau (Peking) 刁敏謙博士(北京)

    Dr. Min-Ch’ien T. Z. Tyau (Peking) 刁敏謙博士(北京)

    中文版在第 15-16 頁 北京扶輪社創社社員–刁敏謙博士 中華民國學者、記者、律師、外交官 Peking Rotarian Dr. Min-Ch’ien T. Z. Tyau Scholar, journalist, lawyer, diplomat of the Republic of China By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 October 2015 In the July 1928 Issue of 《The Rotarian》magazine, there was an article contributed by Dr. Min- Ch’ien T. Z. Tyau (刁敏謙博士) with the…

  • Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (Nanking) 余青松博士(南京)

    Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (Nanking) 余青松博士(南京)

    1 中文版在第 10-14 頁 Asteroid 3797 Was Named After Former Nanking Rotarian Dr. Ching-Sung Yu 南京紫金山天文臺創建人 南京扶輪社(1934)創社社員 – 余青松博士 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 22 January 2024 Dr. Ching-Sung Yu 余青松博士 PhD, MSc, BSc Asteroid 3797 was named in memory of Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (余青松博士) (1897-1978), Chinese-American astrophysicist, whose spectrophotometric measurements of…

  • Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf

    Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf

    Subject: Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024.pdf Rotary Code of Policies – October 2024 The Rotary Foundation Code of Policies – October 2024 The-Rotary-Foundation-Code-of-Policies-October-2024.pdf Rotary-Code-of-Policies-October-2024.pdf  

  • Betting on Macau

    Betting on Macau

    In 2006, Asia’s Monte Carlo – Macau – overtook Las Vegas as the global leader in gaming revenue and raked in about US$10 billion in 2007. Platoons of jetfoils from Hong Kong slice through the South China Sea on hourlong trips to Macau, a peninsular plot of 6.5 square miles at the mouth of the…