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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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The Honourable Charles Edward Michael Terry (Hong Kong) 泰利(香港)
Rotarian Charles Edward Michael Terry Founding Commissioner of Hong Kong Civil Aid Service in 1951-1967 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2016 The Honourable Charles Edward Michael Terry (泰利), CBE, CStJ, JP (1897 – 13 April 1980), Assistant General Manager of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd.…
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Dr. The Honourable 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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Reginald David Walker (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong Rotarian Reginald David Walker Railway Engineer and Volunteer Regiment Officer By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 May 2015 Reginald David Walker, MC, ARCS, DIC, MInstCE, (1892-1952), Chartered Civil Engineer, was in 1930-40s an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) holding the Classification “Transportation – Railway Transport”…
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Dr. Joseph Lexden Shellshear (Hong Kong)
1 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…
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Dr. Kenelm Hutchinson Digby (Hong Kong)
1 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…
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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. 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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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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Wilfred Victor Pennell (Tientsin/Hong Kong) 潘納祿(天津/香港)
1 Journalist Wilfred Victor Pennell, OBE Former Tientsin Rotarian served Hong Kong Rotary Club as President 1954-55 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 November 2015 According to the archives of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社), Wilfred Victor Pennell (潘納祿), OBE (1892-1977) was its President in 1954-1955. Prior to that, Wilfred…
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Dr. The Honourable 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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Dr. The Honourable Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (Hong Kong) 鄧肇堅爵士(香港)
中文版在第 13-18 頁 香港扶輪社員企業家與慈善家–鄧肇堅爵士 Hong Kong Rotarian Sir Shiu-Kin Tang Entrepreneur and Philanthropist By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2018 Dr. The Honourable Sir Shiu-Kin Tang (鄧肇堅爵士), Kt, CBE, KStJ, HonLLD (HKU), JP, (21 March 1901-19 June 1986) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港 扶輪社)…
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Naomi Luan-Fong Lin (Taipei Lily) 林鑾鳳(臺北百合)
Asia’s first international Rotary director RID Naomi Lin’s Rotary Road Written by: PP Janus Lu Yuyu, Taipei Fuxing Society On a spring afternoon, accompanied by the breeze, we headed to an exclusive interview with the role model in our hearts – RID Naomi – with admiration and anticipation. She was plainly dressed, but could not…
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Dr. The Honourable Sir Henry Edward Pollock (Hong Kong) 普樂爵士 (香港)
中文版在第 6-9頁 香港扶輪社員普樂爵士 — 香港大學共同創辦人 Hong Kong Rotarian Sir Henry Edward Pollock Co-founder of the University of Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 November 2015 Dr. The Honourable Sir Henry Edward Pollock (普樂爵士), Kt, HonLLD (HKU), KC, QC, JP (16 December 1864 – 2 February 1953) was an English barrister…
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The Honourable Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor (Hong Kong) 麥理高爵士(香港)
Chief Justice Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor Honourary Member of Hong Kong Rotary Club By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2025 The Honourable Sir Alasdair Duncan Atholl MacGregor (麥理高爵士), Kt, CStJ, KC, MA (Edinburgh), BA (Oxon), (4 June 1883–30 October 1945) was a British lawyer and judge. He served as Attorney…
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Dr. the Honourable Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn (Hong Kong) 修頓爵士(香港)
中文版在第 9-12頁 修頓遊樂場 和 榮譽扶輪社員修頓爵士 Southorn Playground and Honourary Rotarian–Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 15 December 2025 Southorn Playground (修頓遊樂場), initially a Hong Kong Rotary Club’s service project during the Club’s first year in 1931, is now a sports and recreational ground in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It…
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Kowloon Golden Mile Rotary Club first launched Fax Broadcast – 1992
rev. 239- 2025-06-26 Kowloon-Golden-Mile-Rotary-Club-first-launched-Fax-Broadcast.pdf
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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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Tientsin Rotarians celebrated 12th Anniversary – 1935
FAR EASTERN ROTARY REVIEW TIENTSIN ROTARIANS CELEBRATE Dinner Commemorates 12th Anniversary—Hold Annual Father and Son Tiffin Centre: — Group picture of members at the dinner commemorating Tientsin Rotary’s Twelfth Anniversary. Above and below :-Sports were enjoyed by all at Tientsin Rotary’s annual Father and Son Outing. TIENTSIN Rotary Club No. 1444 celebrated its twelfth anniversary…
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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…
