Tag: Clubs

Hong Kong Rotarians donate computers to Mongolian high schools The Rotary Club of Kowloon North, Hong Kong, donated U.S. $25,000 worth of computers to high schools in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. Pictured: William Benter, past president of the Rotary Club of Kowloon North, points to one of the new computers, while RI Vice-President Gary Huang (left)…

Rotary Club Ball in aid of poor children is a success Newspaper clipping dated: 15 April 1950 More than 600 people packed the Sky Room ballroom last night on the occasion of the Hong Kong Rotary Club’s dinner-dance in aid of Kamp for Kids. Beginning at 8:30 p.m., the affair lasted until 1 a.m. It…

SCMP.COM Companies Hong Kong’s Rotary and Land Rover clubs turn an old truck into a mobile clinic for Mongolia’s poor Clubs raise over HK$800,000 to renovate Aussie six-wheel drive and send it on a cancer- screening mission to Ulan Bator Topic | Motoring William Wadsworth Published: 2:52pm, 16 Jun, 2017 Hong Kong’s Rotarians could soon…

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…

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…

《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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…