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The History of Rotary International and District 3450

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The Birth of the Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930

The Birth of the Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930

The Birth of the Hong Kong Rotary Club in 1930 By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 February 2016 It was 85 years ago when The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) was admitted to Rotary International on 20 February 1931. Then was a non-districted Club. The Charter was delivered from the hands of the Hong ...

The Birth of Canton Rotary Club 廣州扶輪社 in 1931

The Birth of Canton Rotary Club 廣州扶輪社 in 1931

The Birth of Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) in 1931By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian)1 September 2015 This piece of history is referred to the Canton Rotary Club (廣州扶輪社) formed in the first republican nation in Asia –The Republic of China (中華民國). The Club was organized at the year-end of 1931 and was ...

Many Firsts in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong

Many Firsts in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong

Many FIRSTs in the Rotary Club of Hong Kong By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 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 ...

Hong Kong Rotarian Chiefs of St. John Ambulance Organization

Hong Kong Rotarian Chiefs of St. John Ambulance Organization

Hong Kong Rotarian Chiefs of St. John Ambulance Organization By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 September 2015 The Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) has been the home of 7 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 7 past club presidents ...

A Day of Outing for 30 Blind Girls at the Holiday Camp - Hong Kong Rotary Club

A Day of Outing for 30 Blind Girls at the Holiday Camp – Hong Ko…

n 1951, seeing the post-war refugee stream in the British Crown Colony Hong Kong, and striving to help assimilate them, the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) took a special interest in the children –huddled in rude homes and rarely eating all they want –and looked for ways to help them.The way soon appeared.Raising some ...

The Birth of The Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club in 1954

The Birth of The Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club in 1954

The Birth of The Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club in 1954 and its Charter President Fung Hon-Chu, OBE, JP by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2014 The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West (香港西區扶輪社) was admitted to Rotary International on 12 April 1954. It is the 4th Rotary club formed in ...

Hong Kong Has Twins - October 1954

Hong Kong Has Twins – October 1954

Extract from October 1954. 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. Ts total area is 391 square miles; the area of Hong Kong Island itself is only 361/2 square miles. Yet on that later speck ...

Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club - Some Remarkable Stories

Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club – Some Remarkable Stories

Hong Kong Island West Rotary Club Some Remarkable Stories by Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 April 2014 The Rotary Club of Hong Kong Island West (香港西區扶輪社) used to be one of the prominent clubs in Hong Kong since its inception in 1954. Here are some of the remarkable stories that may gain your round of ...

Rotary under the Communist Guns – a Taipei Rotary Club outpost of mercy thrives

Rotary under the Communist Guns – a Taipei Rotary Club outpost of merc…

Rotary under the Communist Guns–a Taipei Rotary Club outpost of mercy thrives By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 August, 2017 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 ...

The Rotary Club of Hong Kong - Home of Many Honorary Doctorates and Fellows

The Rotary Club of Hong Kong – Home of Many Honorary Doctorates …

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. By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 1 July 2019. Within the 13 districts and 1 non-districted group of the Rotary International Zone ...

Lingnan College Interact Club 1970 - 嶺南書院國際少年服務團 (1970)

Lingnan College Interact Club 1970 – 嶺南書院國際少年服…

Part of the beneficiaries; the other part is given to the poor by the Rural Committee to the eastern part of Lantau. After the distribution of the cold clothes was completed, the staff members returned to Hong Kong in the afternoon. The group’s work camp is still the first time. The local father said that going ...

Kowloon Rotary Club - Project Careers on Wheels 1976

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 ...

Kowloon East Rotary Club - Clean and Green Scheme 1985

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 cleanup ...

The Birth of the First Mongolian Speaking Rotary Club

The Birth of the First Mongolian Speaking Rotary Club

The Birth of the First Mongolian Speaking Rotary Club, By Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian) 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 ...

Macau Rotarians led school project in China's rural mountains

Macau Rotarians led school project in China’s rural mountains

In China’s Du’an Yao Autonomous County, villagers have a saying: “Ten percent land, the other ninety rocks.” I’m traveling through the “three goats area” – its name describes the flinty creatures, the rugged territory and, in particular, the stubbornness of its people – with Li Wei, a minister in the Du’an government, and Stella Kan, ...

Chung Chi College Rotaract Club - Rural Village Project 2006 - 崇基學院扶輪青年服團

Chung Chi College Rotaract Club – Rural Village Project 2006 &#8…

From December 28, 2006 to January 2, 2007, a total of 31 undergraduate students enrolled at the Chinese University of Hong Kong went to Xitan Town, Qingxin County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province. Datuntou Primary School serves as a service exchange. The event was named “Love and Qingyuan, warm in the mountains.” 譚亦斯葉麗勤孫慧珊冼智山潘珮雯 李景謙洪偉豐鄭逸鵬陳文瑤蘇文慧 劉卓耀趙家誠陳志豪黃耀章朱少雯 潘珮雯陳寶儀蘇文慧鮑天毓陳寶儀 譚亦斯周寶儀周寶儀鄺淮萱陳婉珊 ...

Macau Rotaract Club - Goodwill Ambassador to Mongolia 2007

Macau Rotaract Club – Goodwill Ambassador to Mongolia 2007

Goodwill Ambassador To Mongolia 2007 澳門親善大使.蒙古國文化交流之旅 Activity Report 活動報告 Goodwill Ambassador To Mongolia 2007 Program Details1 Message from Project Coordinator . 5 Message from Project Chair . 7 Message from Committee8 Message from Trip Leaders9 Delegation List . 10 Itinerary11 Ambassadors Report . 13 Table of Content Rotaract Club Of Macau Program Details 1 Aims of the Program Benefits ...

              

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