Tag: Remarkable Events

國際扶輪 60 週年紀念的中華郵票 Chinese stamps salute to 60th Anniversary of Rotary International By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2015 1965年扶輪 60週年紀念，為世界各地的扶輪集郵愛好者帶來了特別的喜悅。原因是：兩 個國家發行了特別紀念郵票。 中華民國（臺灣）於1965 年2月23日扶輪紀念日，發行了三種面額的新郵票。郵票圖案 展示扶輪徽章後面有一個緊密盤繞的彈簧，象徵著「準備行動」。在 1962-1963 年度地區總監 張申福的領導下，345地區的扶輪社要求政府，將「扶輪 60週年紀念」設定為郵票主題。中華 民國郵政因此發行了一套三枚郵票，面額分別為新臺幣1.5元（紅色）、新臺幣 2元（綠色）、 新臺幣2.5元（藍色）。 Rotary’s 60th Anniversary in 1965 has brought a special excitement to Rotarian stamp collectors around the world. The reason:…

臺灣郵票紀念國際扶輪七十五週年 量湾鄄票纪念囤睽扶翰七⼗五遇年 Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the 75 Years of Rotary of By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) (剖 敬恒) 23 February 2017 To mark the 78th anniversary of Eatery International on February 23, 1980, the Directorate released a commemorative issue. Rotary International was founded in Chicago. the United States, by an American name…

Proposal on forming Rotary Club of Beijing – Strategy Paper 1999 To: Herbert K. Lau (Rotary China Historian) 2 August 2013 Dear Herbert: Congratulations on all the research you have done on the subject. Some of what you have found out was also new to me. Today I would like to shift gear. I had…

On February 16, 2015, the Macao Post and Telecommunications issued a stamp and souvenir sheet to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Rotary International’s founding. The MOP 5.50 stamp features a portrait of Paul Harris, the organization’s founder, while the souvenir sheet includes a MOP 12 stamp illustrating Rotary’s global mission to eradicate polio. Rotary International…

臺灣郵票紀念國際扶輪百週年 Taiwan Stamps Commemorate the Rotary International Centennial By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 23 February 2017 2005年是扶輪成立一百週年，國際扶輪在1905 年創建於美國芝加哥。 為紀念國際扶輪百年來對社會的貢獻，中華郵政特別在 2005 年 2 月 23 日發行一套兩枚 百週年紀念郵票。 面值新臺幣 5元郵票的設計，以臺灣地圖為主體。旁邊為國際扶輪百年紀念標誌，象徵臺 灣的扶輪精神。面值新臺幣 12 元郵票的設計，將一隻和平鴿與國際扶輪百年紀念標誌並列， 傳達扶輪社員為促進世界和平所做的努力。 國際扶輪是一個非政府、非宗教和非營利的服務組織，由商界和專業人士組成，旨在促進 社區和諧、世界和平和人類福祉。 臺灣第一家扶輪社成立於 1931年。目前有超過 36,000名社員，分屬 900 多家扶輪社，遍 佈全島 12個扶輪地區。他們共同為社區服務，實現扶輪的宗旨和理想。 The year 2005 marks the centennial anniversary of Rotary International, which…

Charter No. 4471 of Rotary International A photo of Chungking Rotary Club meeting taken in spring of 1945. Date: 16 September 1949 From Club Secretary T. C. Lee to Rotary International President I beg to inform you that through a general election at the Close Meeting held on the 30th June last, Dr. Stewart Allen…

The Termination of Shanghai Rotary Club in October 1951 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2015 Rotary in the new Communist China What was the life and situation of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社) since the state power was changed to the Communist Party of China (中國共產黨) after the establishment of The…

The Birth of the First Mongolian Speaking Rotary Club, 1 February 2015 January 2015 marked the 20th year of Rotary in the democratic nation Mongolia (Монгол Улс). Here is the story of the first Mongolian speaking Rotary Club in the world, or the first Rotary Club formed after Mongolia was grouped into Rotary International District…

Presidential Conference 2000 Below: Keynote speaker the Honorable C.Y. Leung, convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, S.A.R., spoke on the impact of the regional economy on community service. Right: Past district governors Raymond Wong (left) and Charles Loh address a group discussion session. 4:2000 PRETAT, COTE 000 With the clang of a traditional…

When and How Mongolia was grouped into R.I. District 3450? January 2015 marked the 20th year of Rotary in the democratic nation Mongolia (Монгол Улс). However, for the first 5 years, the only Rotary Club in this country—The Rotary Club of Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар Ротари клуб)—was non-districted. Until 1 July 2000, this land- locked country was…

The British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, for all its fame and importance astride one of the major trade routes to China, is not very large. Its total area is 391 square miles; the area of Hong Kong Island itself is only 36½ square miles. Yet on that latter speck of land there are three…

Boys Work by Shanghai Rotary Club in1920–1940 by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian)1 July 2015 May is the “Youth Service Month” of Rotary International designated since the Year 2015-2016. This is to replace the previous special focus“September –New Generations Month” of which had been observed for some twenty years.Rotary International’s structured programs for…

Asteroid 3797 Was Named After Former Nanking Rotarian Dr. Ching-Sung Yu 南京紫金山天文臺創建人南京扶輪社 (1934)創社社員-余青松博士 22January 2017 Dr. Ching-SungYu 余青松博士Asteroid 3797 was named in memory of Dr. Ching-Sung Yu (余青松博士) (1897-1978), Chinese-American astrophysicist, whose spectro photometric measurements of 91 stars at the Lick Observatory in the early 1920s represented a milestone in research on stellar energy distribution.…

Former Shanghai/Chungking/Taipei Rotarian Aid Mainland Refugee Chinese Intellectuals to Taiwan 1 May 2015 George Ashmore Fitch ( 費吳生) and wife Geraldine This is the story of George Ashmore Fitch (費吳生) (1883-1979), born in an American missionary’s family at Soochow (Suzhou) (蘇州), Imperial Ch’ing (大清國), who was an active member of Shanghai Rotary Club (上海扶輪社), and…

The 1934 pamphlet issued by the Rotary Club of Tientsin provides a detailed historical and contemporary overview of the city of Tientsin (Tianjin), North China, and the activities of its Rotary Club. Authored by Past President W.V. Pennell, editor of the Peking & Tientsin Times, the booklet was prepared for international circulation among Rotary Clubs…

Shenyang City – the unique home of 3 Rotary Clubs under 3 Different Regimes 1 December 2019 Shenyang City (瀋陽/沈阳), a major Chinese sub-provincial city and the provincial capital of Liaoning Province (遼寧省), has been the home of 3 Rotary clubs under 3 different regimes: (1) 1929 — The State of Manchuria (Manchukuo) (滿洲國) –…

The First Decade of Rotary in the Tientsin Foreign Concessions 1 September 2014 The Treaty Port Tientsin The concessions in Tientsin (Tianjin) (天津) were concession territories ceded by the Imperial Qing (Manchu Dynasty) (大清國) to a number of European countries, the United States and Imperial Japan within the city of Tientsin. There were nine concessions…

Rotary in the State of Manchuria on the Northeastern Chinese Mainland 18 September 2016 (85 years of the Mukden Incident) Located at the northeastern Chinese mainland, officially the “State of Manchuria” prior to 1934 and the “Empire of (Great) Manchuria” (大滿洲帝國) after 1934, Manchukuo (滿洲國) was a puppet state of the Japanese Empire in Manchuria…

Tsinan (Li-cheng-hsien city) is the capital and largest city of Shantung Province in the Republic of China. Geographically and commercially it is well situated as the centre of the Province which is 56,000 square miles in area. Tsinan (Lat: 36°40’N; Long: 14°00’E lies in about the same latitude as Tokyo, Japan; Nash-ville, Tenn, U.S.A.; Gibraltar…

The 2 Rotary Mobile Clinics operated by Shanghai Rotarians 1 December 2015 December is “Disease Prevention and Treatment Month” designated by Rotary International to arouse the global Rotary clubs’ attention of service action with special focus on disease prevention and treatment in the communities. Rotary’s top priority is certainly the eradication of polio, but the…