Tag: Eminent

  • Robert T Yin – 尹彤

    Robert T Yin – 尹彤

    Robert T. Yin 尹 彤 中華扶輪史研究員 劉敬恒 扶輪出版委員會 1999年-2003年 3450地區代表委員 2024年3月1 日 《扶輪月刊》前主編尹彤(“Bob” Robert T. Yin)於 2024 年 1 月 7 日安祥逝世。遺屬於 1 月 16日星期二上午11時於臺灣臺北市辛亥路第二殯儀館景仰樓,舉行簡易追思禮拜。「扶輪 出版委員會」前主任委員暨國際扶輪前理事謝三連、前總監黃金豹、謝炎盛、蕭慶淋、洪武男 等前往致哀。「台灣扶輪出版暨網路資訊協會」秘書長王友民、執行秘書邵玉楚、秘書處職員 賴豐富三人,奉派代表該會暨邱世文理事長弔唁。 尹彤於 1925 年生於中國大陸江蘇省。他畢業於蘇州一所通信技術學院,曾加入中華民國 空軍擔任信號官;曾在臺灣石門水庫建設工程擔任翻譯;也曾在國防部工作過。 1960年6 月,尹彤開始擔任臺北扶輪社(Taipei Rotary Club)的執行秘書。臺北社是第二 次世界大戰後,臺灣第一個復社的扶輪社(英語社)。他奉命將扶輪的重要出版物,包括《扶 輪程序手冊》(Manual of Procedure)譯成中文,提供給該社輔導成立的國語社及台語社參考。 他在臺北社理事會邀請下,於 1962年7月加入該社為現職社員。 尹彤自中文《扶輪季刊》創刊未久,即開始投稿譯稿,並於 1988 年 7 月起應聘擔任《扶 輪雙月刊》主編。他於 1990 年 7 月經「扶輪出版委員會」核准,將雙月刊改為月刊。在華語 成為國際扶輪支援語文之前, 「扶輪出版委員會」參與國際扶輪的翻譯試辦計畫。由尹彤在主 編任內負責每年譯印二十多本重要扶輪出版物,用於訓練扶輪社的職員及各委員會主委。每三…

  • Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (Hong Kong) 王正廷博士 (香港) #3

    Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (Hong Kong)    王正廷博士 (香港) #3

    中文版在第 17-26 頁 王正廷博士 — 坐在國際奧林匹克委員會上的首位香港扶輪社員 Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang The First Hong Kong Rotarian sit on the International Olympic Committee 1 September 2020 王正廷博士 – 國際扶輪第二副社長 1945-1946 Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang, 2nd Vice President, Rotary International 1945-1946 The “oldest” Rotary Club in greater China—the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) is holding a very…

  • Ira Dan Kaye (Kowloon) 紀艾華(九龍)

    Ira Dan Kaye (Kowloon)  紀艾華(九龍)

    Ira Dan Kaye (紀艾華), M.B.E. The 18th Governor of Rotary International District 345 (1977-1978) 1 September 2015 Ira Dan Kaye (紀艾華/紀愛華), President 1973-1974 of Kowloon Rotary Club (九龍扶輪社) was elected to serve as the 18th Governor of Rotary International District 345 (Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) in 1977-1978. Theme of the year was “Serve to…

  • Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang (Chungking) 王正廷博士 (重慶) #2

    Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang   (Chungking)   王正廷博士 (重慶) #2

    Dr. Chengting T. Wang – Addressed again at the Atlantic City Rotary Convention in 1946 1 September 2020 王正廷博士 – 重慶扶輪社社長 / 國際扶輪第二副社長、理事、中國資政 (1945-1946) Dr. Chengting Thomas Wang – Chungking Rotary Club President (1945-1946) Rotary International Administrative Advisor for China, Director & 2nd Vice President This is the story of Rotary’s 37th Annual Convention held…

  • The Hon. William Ngartse Thomas Tam (Hong Kong) 譚雅士(香港) – the First Rotarian Chairman of Po Leung Kuk 譚雅士大律師– 首位香港扶輪人執掌保良局

    The Hon. William Ngartse Thomas Tam (Hong Kong) 譚雅士(香港) – the First Rotarian Chairman of Po Leung Kuk  譚雅士大律師–  首位香港扶輪人執掌保良局

    William Ngartse Thomas Tam The First Rotarian Chairman of Po Leung Kuk 1February 2016 中文版在第7-12頁譚雅士大律師首位香港扶輪人執掌保良局 The Honourable William Ngartse Thomas Tam(譚雅士), O.B.E.,J.P., was a charter member 1930 of The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社), and later served Club President in 1936-1937. During the same year, concurrently, Tam was elected to serve as Chairman of…

  • Yeh Ming-Hsun – 葉明勳

    Yeh Ming-Hsun – 葉明勳

    Senior Citizens in Chinese Journalism – Dr. Ye Mingxun Witness the first Jiazi of Taiwan’s Rotary Researcher of Chinese Rotary History Liu Jingheng December 1, 2013 In 1960, there were 4 Rotary clubs in Hong Kong, a British territory (Hong Kong Club, Kowloon Club, Hong Kong Eastern Club, Hong Kong Western Club). There is one…

  • Yen Chia-Kan (Taipei) 嚴家淦 (臺北)

    Yen Chia-Kan (Taipei)  嚴家淦 (臺北)

    1948Yen Chia-Kan –Charter President of Taipei Rotary Club in 194810 October2015Yen Chia-Kan (嚴家淦), affectionately known as “C. K. Yen” to the Western world, as Vice President of the Republic of China (in Taiwan) became President under a provision of his country’s Constitution, upon the death of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek(蔣中正總統), the longtime ChineseNationalist leader, in 1975.…

  • Norovyn Altankhuyag (Tuul)

    Norovyn Altankhuyag (Tuul)

    Rotarian Norovyn Altankhuyag Prime Minister of Mongolia 2012–2014 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Founder of Tuul Rotary Club, Mongolia) 1 January 2015 Norovyn Altankhuyag (Норовын Алтанхуяг) is a Mongolian politician who was the Prime Minister of Mongolia from 2012 to 2014. Altankhuyag is a Charter Member of Tuul Rotary Club (Туул Pотари Kлуб), and later…

  • The Hon. KWOK Chan, CBE, KStJ, JP – 17th President of Hong Kong Rotary Club 議員郭贊太平紳士 – 香港扶輪社第十七任社長

    The Hon. KWOK Chan, CBE, KStJ, JP – 17th President of Hong Kong Rotary Club  議員郭贊太平紳士 – 香港扶輪社第十七任社長

    中文版在第 10-13 頁 議員郭贊太平紳士–香港扶輪社第十七任社長 The Honourable KWOK Chan, CBE, KStJ, JP The 17th President of The Rotary Club of Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2016 The Honourable KWOK Chan (議員郭贊太平紳士), CBE, KStJ, JP (October 1904 – 17 June 1967), was the 17th President of The Rotary Club of…

  • David Kwok – (Shanghai) From Industrialist to Statesman

    David Kwok – (Shanghai) From Industrialist to Statesman

    Shanghai Rotarian David Kwok From Textile Industrialist to Deputy Provincial Governor 中文版在第11-19頁上海扶輪人–郭棣活從紡織工業家變身到副省長 1 January2019 扶輪社員郭棣活Rotarian David Kwok (郭棣活) “Dave”, a textile industrialist who was the last guardian of the Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社), though it was terminated on 16 October 1951, until 1958 he moved to Guangdong Province (廣東省) and accepted the appointment by the…

  • Dr. Wu Yung-Chang (Tai Chung) 巫永昌醫學博士(臺中)

    Dr. Wu Yung-Chang (Tai Chung) 巫永昌醫學博士(臺中)

    Doctor Wu Yongchang, the oldest director of the International Rotary 345 area, Liu Jingheng, a researcher on the history of Chinese Rotary. October 1, 2013 Wu Yung-Chang “Free” (1905-2000) is a century-old Chinese Rotary history The “oldest” district director, he was 72 years old the year he was in office. To this day, he is…

  • Rabdan Samdandobji (Ulaanbaatar)

    Rabdan Samdandobji (Ulaanbaatar)

    Rabdan Samdandobji Rotarian Chief of Mongolian Red Cross 25 December 2020 Rabdan Samdandobji (Рабдан Самдандобжи) (1951-2020), affectionately known as “Samdan”, was President 1999-2000 of Ulaanbaatar Rotary Club (Улаанбаатар Ротари клуб), Mongolia. His classification was a professional administrator of Red Cross, in his official position as the Secretary General of the Mongolian Red Cross Society (Монголын…

  • Eminent Rotarians on the Roster of Honorary Graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Eminent Rotarians on the Roster of Honorary Graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Eminent Rotarians on the Roster of Honorary Graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 August 2015 This article attempts to identify some of the Eminent Rotarians who have been on the roster of Honorary Graduates of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (香港中文大學) during the 20th Century or the first 95 years of…

  • Refugees and Human Rights – by Karl L. Stumpf

    Refugees and Human Rights –  by Karl L. Stumpf

    GERMAN NOVELIST Heinrich Ball, commenting on the estimated 16 million refugees in the world, calls our era “the century of refugees and prisoners.” The 1981 Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, underscores what has been described as an ‘unfortunate reality’ of our time. This is the…

  • Dr. Wilson Wang Tze-Sam

    Dr. Wilson Wang Tze-Sam

    Dr. Wilson Wang Tze-Sam, OBE, JP President 1959-1960 Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club 1 April 2015 Dr. The Honorable Wilson Wang Tze-Sam (王澤森), OBE, HonLLD (CUHK), BSc (HKU), JP (27 April 1918-1998) was an Active Member of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island East (香港東區扶輪社), and later served the Club as President in…

  • Nelson Yip – 葉少康

    Nelson Yip – 葉少康

    Nelson Yip arrives for breakfast at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, across the street from the Hong Kong Jockey, Club, a major racing venue. Although Yip has cerebral palsy, he moves briskly Off the elevator. He will be the only qualified equestrian representative from the Special Administrative Region of the Peoplé’s Republic of China in the 2008…

  • Dr. The Hon. James Wu Man-hon

    Dr. The Hon. James Wu Man-hon

    中文版在第 7-8 頁 胡文瀚博士 — 香港東區扶輪社 1957-1958 年度社長 Dr. James Wu Man-Hon, OBE, JP President 1957-1958 Hong Kong Island East Rotary Club 1 April 2015 Dr. The Honorable James Wu Man-Hon (胡文瀚/胡應沾) (18 November 1920 – 23 February 2006), OBE, HonLLD (HKU), HonDEng (HKPoly), BSc (Eng) (Sun Yat Sen), JP, was President 1957-1958 of Hong…

  • The Hon. Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (Kowloon) 霍士傑(九龍)

    The Hon. Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (Kowloon) 霍士傑(九龍)

    Kowloon Rotarian Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate First Chairman of Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 March 2015 The Honourable Hugh Moss Gerald Forsgate (霍士傑), C.B.E., J.P., (22 February 1919–21 October 2001) was the first Chairman of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) (九 廣鐵路公司 ) since its incorporation on 24…

  • Rotarians served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council

    Rotarians served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council

    Rotarians served the British Crown Colony Hong Kong Legislative Council As Presidents / Members / Secretary General By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 November 2016 The old Supreme Court building has been the house of the Legislative Council from 1985 until 2011. This article attempts to list out those Rotarians who had…

  • Ko Tin-Lung The Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour Hong Kong

    Ko Tin-Lung The Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour Hong Kong

    香港吐露港扶輪社 — 榮譽社員古天農 Honorary Rotarian Ko Tin-Lung The Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) Charter President 1987-88-89, Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour 7 July 2022 古天農(1953 年-2022 年 6 月 23 日),香港資深舞台劇演員和導演、電視及電台節目主 持。生前曾任中英劇團藝術總監;香港藝術發展局藝術推廣委員會主席、戲劇組主席、策略委 員會委員;香港政府康樂及文化事務署,以及香港演藝學院戲劇學院之顧問委員。 古天農是參加了香港吐露港扶輪社二十多年的「資深榮譽社員」 。通過扶輪社這個平台, 他以「職業服務」貢獻社會。古天農以戲劇導演的職業為服務通路,多年來獲得扶輪社的贊助 和扶輪社員的熱情參與,主導舉辦了高等學校戲劇比賽、表演藝術工作坊和文化教育項目等。 古天農完整展示了自己是一名真正的扶輪社員。無法成為「現職社員」的原因,是因為他 的工作時間不規律,沒有辦法實踐扶輪社章程規定的出席要求。 Ko Tin-Lung (1953-2022) was for more than 20 years…