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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…
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Henry Ching (Hong Kong) – The First Hong Kong Rotarian Journalist
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…
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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。…
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Nanking Rotary Club – Drought Relief Benefit Ball-Concert 1934
DROUGHT RELIEF BENEFIT By R. S. HALI THE NANKING ROTARY CLUB IT is well known, but should be more widely realized that the phenomenal drought of last summer brought about the almost complete failure of crops in many regions about Nanking. Forty percent of the farmers in Kiangning Hsien alone, having had no rice to…
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Hong Kong Rotary Club – A Colorful History of the first 38 years (1968)
Hong Kong Rotary Club—A Colorful History of the first 38 years By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 May 2025 The below report is quoted from《The Rotarian》magazine May 1968: Members of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong have been running back and forth for 38 years without catching their breaths. They thought it…
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Kowloon Golden Mile Rotary Club first launched Fax Broadcast – 1992
In January 1992, the Kowloon Golden Mile Rotary Club in Hong Kong became the first Rotary Club in the region to distribute a weekly bulletin via fax directly to its members using computer technology. Club Secretary Alfred W. Croucher explained that the widespread availability of fax machines among local businessmen, combined with free local faxing,…
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Dr. The Hon. 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…
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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…
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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 -…
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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…
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Dr. Kenelm Hutchinson Digby (Hong Kong)
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 held…
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Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear (Hong Kong)
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 when…
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Dr. The Hon. 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…
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The 1st Global Mandarin Development Conference – 第一屆全球扶輪華文社發展峰會 (2019)
The inaugural Global Mandarin Rotary Club Development Conference was held on March 16-17, 2019, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, a nation known for its multiculturalism, peace, and linguistic diversity. Organized primarily by the Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC), the event attracted approximately 200 participants from Mandarin-speaking Rotary Clubs across seven Asian regions, including Taiwan,…
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Meaning of Rotary’s Golden Wheel – 扶輪金輪的意義
中文版在第 3-4 頁 扶輪金輪的意義 Meaning of Rotary’s Golden Wheel By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2014 The Rotary wheel design, a gear-like symbol, represents the core values and global reach of Rotary International. It symbolizes civilization, movement, and the collective action of Rotarians working to create positive change. The 24 cogs…
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R.I. President James L. Lacy visited Taipei
Rotary reacts to polio outbreak in Angola The World Health Organization reports that an outbreak of more than 800 polio cases has been record. ed in the central African country of Angola. Nearly all of the cases have been found in children under five; most victims are between the ages of one and two. WHO…
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R.I. President Frank J. Devlyn visited Beijing
China-In November, President Frank J. Devlyn led a Rotary delegation to Beijing to meet with officials of the People’s Republic of China to discuss the future of Rotary in that country. He was accompanied by President-Elect Rick King and President-Nominee Bhichai Rattakul, who met with government officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, other government…
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Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club – World’s First 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club – 1975
Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club World’s First 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club – 1975 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2014 Forty-seven years after receiving its first donation (US$26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.), The Rotary Foundation has marked two significant milestones in 1975 on its…
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Wu Tie-Cheng (Shanghai) 吳鐵城(上海)
中文版在第 5-14頁 上海扶輪社榮譽社員吳鐵城–上海市政府市長兼淞滬警備司令 Honorary Rotarian Wu Tie-Cheng Mayor of Great Municipality of Shanghai By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) / 10 October 2015 General Wu Tie-Cheng (吳鐵城將軍) was elected an Honorary Member of the Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社榮譽社員) when he was holding the office of Mayor of Great Municipality of Shanghai (上海市政府市長)…
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Chan Yat-Sun (New Territories) 陳日新(新界)
中文版在第8-20頁 陳日新太平紳士 — 新界扶輪社創社社長 Chan Yat-Sun, MBE, JP – Charter President of New Territories Rotary Club By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (New Territories Rotary Club Director/Secretary 1983-1987; President-Elect 1986-1987) 25 December 2015 Chan Yat-Sun (陳日新), MBE, JP, being a prominent politician of the rural communities in the British Crown Colony Hong Kong (英國殖民地香港) in his…
