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Beijing Rotary Club (Provisional) heads AIDS Charity Event
Provisional club heads AIDS charity event Members of China’s provisional Rotary Club took a significant step toward raising AIDS awareness by hosting the country’s first major AIDS charity event. The black-tie affair, organized by members of the Provisional Rotary Club of Beijing, established in 2001, featured a formal dinner and performances by some of the…
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Incorporation of the Rotary Club of Amagao, Macao, 1988
By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 January 2024 During the second half of the Rotary Year of 1987-1988 when Dr. Raymond C. W. Wong (黃志偉醫師) (九龍東區扶輪社) (Surgeon), of Kowloon East Rotary Club in Hong Kong, serving his first term as District 345 Governor of Rotary International, there was the proposal from a…
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Rotary under the Communist Guns – a Taipei Rotary Club outpost of mercy thrives
中文版在第 11-14 頁 Rotary under the Communist Guns –- a Taipei Rotary Club outpost of mercy thrives In the January 1965 Issue of《The Rotarian》magazine, there was a report from an American newspaper columnist Tom Dammann with such a title: “Rotary Under the Communist Guns – on Matsu within artillery range of the Communist China, a…
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Kowloon Rotary Club – Project Mobile Dental Clinic
《The Rotarian》 September 1968 (NOTE) Leader of the Lutheran World Service, then, was Rev. Karl Ludwig Stumpf (施同福牧師), German, President 1964-1965 of the Rotary Club of Kowloon (九龍扶輪社), Hong Kong. More than 25,000 patients have been started on the road to dental health in this compact mo- bile dental clinic, fully equipped for surgery, which…
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Khuree Rotary Club – Project Test for Life
on 15 December 2016 (1) Mongolian Project Test for Life In order to provide health information to the public, with women in particular, about cervical cancer early detection, awareness and prevention, the Rotary Club of Khuree, Mongolia, started broadcasting 10-minute radio programs twice a week on FM stations in Ulaanbaatar, with the support of the…
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澳門濠江扶輪社 – 廣西北海 – 水井和圖書館項目
For a long time, the social friends of the Haojiang River in Macao have been full of love. They have donated money in the mainland of the motherland, and Fu Lingke is sleepy, and the egg has been praised. On the occasion of the golden autumn of 2007, through the new publishing bureau in Beihai…
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Hong Kong – Polio Eradication Fundraising Campaign
truly was a worldwide effort, Scott points to the estimated $50 million contribution from U.S. clubs and districts. “If not for Rotary and the United States, this polio eradication] initiative would really be in financial straits,” he says. Lou Piconi, chair of the North American PEFC Committee, notes the contributions of young people in Interact…
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Kowloon East Rotary Club – First 100% Major Donor Club of The Rotary Foundation
THE ROTARY FOUNDATION HAS SCORED A MAJOR MILESTONE that even founder Arch C. Klumph might not have envisioned. “I’m happy to announce tonight that we have our first 100% Major Donor Club: the Rotary Club of Kowloon East in Hong Kong” said 2006-07 Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair Luis Giay at the RI Convention’s Major Donor…
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Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club Home for Typhoon Wanda Disaster Victims in 1962
Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club Home for Typhoon Wanda Disaster Victims in 1962 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2014 In late 1962, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West (香港西區扶輪社) built a Rotary Village that provided homes for typhoon-stricken families. Covering what was formerly a barren hillside on…
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Kingspark Hong Kong Rotaract Club – Project Spina Bifida Concerns
In East Asia/South Pacific, the Rotaract Club of Kingspark, Hong Kong, was recognized for its “Spina Bifida Concerns” campaign, which aims to heighten public awareness of the condition. Rotaractors organized a fun fair and solicited funds from corporate donors to benefit the Childhood Spina Bifida Support Group of Hong Kong, and worked closely with their…
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Hong Kong Northeast Rotary Club – School Project in remote Chinese villages
Chinese and Filipino clubs fight illiteracy with bricks In a remote village in Ruyuan County in the People’s Republic of China, most of the 200,000 residents are illiterate and live hand to mouth on a modest farming income. Even though the villagers manage to survive, members of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong NorthEast want…
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Shanghai Rotary Club Beggars Town Project 1940
“Receive – Reform – Regenerate – Restore” Shanghai Rotary Club Beggars Home Project 1940 1 July, 2014 The Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社) joined hands with the Shanghai Municipal Council (上海公共租界工部局) and the Salvation Army (救世軍) in 1940 to solve thousands of beggars’ problem. A Beggars Home was erected for the purposes of “Receive, Reform,…
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History of the Rotary Club of Macau
The idea of setting up a Rotary Club in Macau was raised for the first time in 1938. However, due to the Pacific War, the idea did not become a reality at that time. In 1946 when Macau and Hong Kong began to recover from the effects of World War II, the idea of forming…
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Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club – Project Computer Learning for Disabilities
A career guidance manual published by the Rotary Club of Spic Nagar, India, offers young people information on various vocations and how to prepare for them through school and related work experience. They have distributed their 370-page book, titled “Tomorrow-Challenges and Choices,” to young people free of charge. • Rotarians of Wangaratta, Vic., Australia, recently…
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Hong Kong Northwest Rotary Club – Literacy Project in Chinese Mainland
The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Northwest is involved in an effort to print classic Chinese texts for distribution in China’s schools. The project is aimed at strengthening literacy skills for the country’s youth and exposing them to venerable, mostlv Confucianist works. The club has already printed some 60,000 books. Once the books are distributed…
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Kowloon East Rotary Club – Clean and Green Scheme 1985
A Clean Competition, Over 5500 people in Hong Kong turned out with shovels and a little bag in their hand to compete in the clean and green scheme, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Kowloon East. They diligently collected litter, planted trees, cleaned picnic and campsites, and fought brushfires in 12 national parks. The massive…
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Kowloon Rotary Club – Project Careers on Wheels 1976
Kowloon Rotary Club – Project Careers on Wheels 1976 This mobile career guidance unit is provided by the Rotary Club of Kowloon to the Hong Kong government. The Careers on Wheels van extends to a display area of nearly 50 m² 538 ft.² Allowing small scale exhibitions to be set up in the most densely…
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The Rotary Club of Hong Kong – Home of Many Honorary Doctorates and Fellows
The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Home of Many Honorary Doctorates and Fellows By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2019 The month of July in the year 2019 marks the 100 years of Rotary development in the greater China since the inception of the Rotary Club of Shanghai (上海扶輪社) in 1919.…
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Hong Kong Rotarian Chiefs of St. John Ambulance Organization
Hong Kong Rotarian Chiefs of St. John Ambulance Organization The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) has been the home of 6 volunteer-chiefs of the Hong Kong St. John Ambulance Organization (香港聖約翰救護機構) and 5 of them had also served as Rotary International officers. These 6 past club presidents in the chronological order of their years…
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Many Firsts in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong
Many FIRSTs in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong 1 July 2020 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. The story has to be dated back to June 1918. In his annual report to…
