governor's message - rotary district 3450
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The District 3450 of Rotary International provides support to the humanitarian services of 53 Rotary clubs: 42 clubs in Hong Kong SAR, 5clubs in Macao SAR, 2 provisional clubs in Shanghai and Beijing respectively, and 4 clubs in the country of Mongolia. More information maybe found on Website: www.Rotary3450.org. This Governor’s Monthly Bulletin is for internal circulation to members only and is not for sale.It is published by the Information Coordination Group. Any enquiry, comment, proposal, suggestion, contribution, or contrast to the contentsare welcome by the Managing Editor, WONG Chi Foon �� (Tolo Harbour), Tel: (852) 9866 1696 / Email: [email protected].
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Dear Fellow Rotarians,
This is our dream year. We are themembers of the Dream Team of RIPresident Jonathan Majiyagbe. First ofall, I would like to bring you our heartygreetings on behalf of RotaryanneShirley and from myself, as well asgreetings from President JonathanMajiyagbe, with whom we had theoccasion of gett ing acquainted atAnaheim, USA. I discovered an inspiredleadership is with us and a historicalbeginning has been made. For the firstt ime, Rotary leadership is with aRotarian from the African Continent.He comes from the area with a historyof disasters and he truly understands theneed of mankind.
A new Rotary year has ushered, with astrong commitment to raise the flag ofRotary in mitigating human sufferingsand Service Above Self, with the theme“Lend a Hand” to those who aredeprived and in need, to live a dignifiedlife. So, let this year’s theme translateour Rotary dream:
LEND A HAND to alleviate poverty,LEND A HAND to educate theilliterate,
LEND A HAND to relieve the scourgeof disease,LEND A HAND of Friendship toFamily of Rotary.
In these troubled times through whichour world is passing Rotary can domuch. There is no better time to talk ofpeace when there is war, no better timeto talk of happiness when there isdespair, of love when there is hate, ofprosperity when there is poverty, ofhea l th when there i s d i sease , o fenlightenment when there is ignoranceand of literacy when there is illiteracy.Rotary addresses itself to all theseissues. There is so much we can do. First
Governor’s Message and foremost, we should focus ourselveson the basic issues. In the words ofJonathan Majiyagbe, our Presidentfrom Niger ia , “Hunger , poverty ,illiteracy, disease, poor health are thedisasters in our world. We must reachout and pull them to safety”.
Fellow Rotarian, Lend a Hand, toeducate the illiterate and to alleviatepoverty, motivate the spirit of scarifiesand bind our Rotary family in anindifferent world of strives and tension.It is my firm belief that Rotary can playa vital role in creating awareness forpeaceful co-existence, as Rotary is vitallink, bringing together a Global family,lay ing the foundat ion o f Globa lunderstanding and peace with a messageof solace to those who are deprived. Ineed your support and time has cometo rekindle our commitments andtranslate our dreams into realities by ourAct , by Lending a Hand as ourPresident Jonathan Majiyagbe desires.I request to make this Rotary year aremarkable year for Rotary History ofour district. Let it be action year for all,the year we have been dreaming fortogether.
Jones C.H. WongGovernor
RI Convention Brisbane, June 2003
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麥貴榮 Alexander Mak
第44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003Governor Elect Column 總監當選人的話
The District Installation, being the firstmajor district event of the 2003/2004Rotary year, was received by mostRotarians with a lot of excitement andhappiness.
The SARS epidemic had kept most ofthem away from open activities for almostthree months and they were, therefore,happy to seize this opportunity to enjoytheir fellowship with one another acrossthe district. The evening was also markedwith singing by the Rotary singersincluding PP Tony Wong and PresidentGwennie Tam. Naturally, I was alsoexcited at the receipt of an award fromIPDG Gloria for my work on the younggenerat ion. This award i s veryencouraging, because it showed that theDistrict is placing more and moreimportance on the development of theyoung people whom, as many of youknow, are darlings in my heart.
Being the first month of the Rotary year,July was naturally flooded with clubinstallations, in the Rotary Club of HouKuong, New Territories, The Peak,Channel Islands, Macau, Tolo Harbour,Guia and Macau Central. Not beingprominent among the clubs, I was,t h e r e f o r e , h a p p y t o t a k e t h e s eopportunities to visit these clubs, greettheir members, see their new Board ofDirectors and find out who theirPresident-Elects are. After so many yearsof economic depression, it was verypleasant to hear of Rotary Club of HouKuong’s success in raising HK$1.7 millionfor their centennial project from only a fewRotarians and friends within one night.Clearly, people are still willing to loosentheir purse strings for a good cause.
During one of these installations, I wasalso happy to come across Rtn Cutina Lee,the Secretary of Rotary Club of Hou
Kuong, and hear her ambitions in bringingchorus singing to Rotary. She is very keenin taking her choirs to Rotary functions tosing Rotary songs for us and also inexploring the possibility of setting up aRotary choir which is made up of Rotariansingers.
In order to learn more about our clubs, Ifollowed DG Jones to his official club visits tothe Rotary Clubs of Bayview Sunshine,Kowloon Northwest, Kowloon Northeast,Macau, Macau Central, Hou Koung, Guia,Macau Islands, Kingspark and Causeway Bay.I am surprised to find out that there are stillclubs which do not know much about Rotaryprogrammes like the AmbassadorialScholarship and the Youth Exchange. Clearly,we have to do something to fill up this gap inRotary information.
Despite that many clubs are still strugglingfor satisfactory membership growth, therecent admission by Rotary Club of HouKuong of 13 new members is bothinspiring and also motivating for the otherclubs. As a result, many clubs havecommitted themselves to very ambitioustargets on membership growth. Whilstthis is quite a challenge to them, I amconfident that they will be able to achievethese targets with hard work andenthusiasm, especially now that ourMembership Development Committee haslaunched the ‘Past President Challenge’which challenges each past president tointroduce one new member this year. Thewords of wisdom of Past RI PresidentMAT Caparas also keeps ringing in myears. According to him, if we want toimprove Rotary, all we need is “vision,courage and commitment”.
To understand more about the RIC(Rotary Information Centre), I attendeda meeting of the RIC SupervisoryCommittee recently. It was enlightening
to hear about the history of the RICdirectly from PDG Uncle Peter. Clearly,a lot of misunderstanding about the RIC,and the premises which house it, stem fromnot having a clear understanding of thishistory, a brief outline of which can befound in the District’s Official Directory.
The last thing that I would like to mentionabout is the Model United NationsAssembly (“MUNA”) organized this yearjointly by Rotary Club of Kingspark,Rotaract Club of Victoria and Rotaract Clubof Kwai Chung in which I was very muchinvolved. To recap, we had 301 studentsattending this assembly, 229 of which camefrom local secondary schools and 73 fromoverseas districts. The assembly lasted forthree nights and four days wherein thestudents acted as representatives of differentcountries to debate and resolve internationalissues in the context of a simulated UNgeneral assembly.
Although we had to overcome many manyproblems in the organization of thisMUNA, both in terms of financing andmanpower, I am pleased to see that itbecame a very successful event. If you seehow the students all came out dressed inthe national costumes of the countries theyrepresented in the International Night andhow excited they became that evening, orhow the shy students shored up theircourage to speak eloquently during thedebates in the closing ceremony, or howwell they learnt and applied the rules ofthe UN assemblies, or how all the students,both local and overseas, gave theorganizing committee rounds and roundsof standing applause, and also the tears inthe eyes of the committee members, youwill appreciate how much this MUNA hasmeant to the participating students andhow much it has inspired the Rotaractorganizers in terms of the Rotary ideal ofservice.
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August- Membership And Extension Month
Imagine if your club were to lose 10 percent of its members. Howwould that affect your service program? What projects might notget finished? Which ones might never have been started?
Now imagine if you only had less then 10 members present atyour regular Rotary Meeting. How would you explain to yourGuest speaker the lack of interest your members have for whathe or she had to say. How is your club’s program chairman goingto invite a good speaker for the next meeting if there is noassurance of a healthy attendance to support the program?
If a club president is the heart of the Club then it is the memberswho are the lifeblood. How long can anything survive without ahealthy blood supply?
Now consider what your club could accomplish with 10 percentor 5 percent or even 2 percent more members. Think about theprofessional expertise you could add to your club’s overall profilesimply by making sure your classification system incorporatedall business and professional interests in our community andthat all open classifications are filled. Think about the new ideasand new club service projects that could be initiated. Think aboutthe additional people to take on leadership and committee roles.
Many of us long time Rotarians will say to ourselves: “we haveheard all this before - so what is new?” That is true - there isnothing new here. Except for all of us to realize that withoutnew members our club will lose it’s vitality and cease to functioncorrectly. Our community service projects will fail and we willlose interest in attending our own club meetings.
It is for the above reasons it is important that each Rotariantakes it upon themselves the task of successfully sponsoring atleast one new Rotarian into their club during this Rotary Year.
It is also for these reasons that we are sending out a challenge toall the Past Presidents in our district to sponsor one new memberinto their club. Past President W.H. Fok of the Rotary Club ofPeninsula South has described the challenge in these veryappropriate words: “One PP-get/nurture-one-quality-new-Member”. We are reaching out to each PP in our District andwould like to encourage them to take up this challenge.
You will note our emphasis will be on Quality not Quantity. Thereare no targets or goals to achieve - just bring in one new Member -nurture this member to become a future leader in your club. It iseasily achievable - please help and take up the challenge.
PDG Dipo SaniDistrict Membership Committee Chairman
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Governor Activities 總監活動
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第44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003
Governor Official Visits區總監公式訪問
Clubs Installation新員交替
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第 44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003 Governor Activities 總監活動
Governor’s Official Visit to Macao總監公式訪問澳門分區
District Informations / Events Remark 扶輪資料及活動重點
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第44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003
蒙古國增添兩個扶輪社Admission of The Rotary Clubs of Niislel and Zuunmod, Mongolia
It is my pleasure to announce that there are 2 more Rotary clubs in Mongolia admittedto membership of Rotary International on 18 July, 2003: The Rotary Club of Niisleland The Rotary Club of Zuunmod.
Beginning from the 18th of July, the District 3450 is shouldering the supporting serviceto 53 Rotary clubs in Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR, Shanghai, Beijing and Mongoliato carry out the mission of Rotary.
The District Extension Committee reported that:(1) The Rotary Club of Niislel
This is the third club located in the capital city Ulaanbaatar and sharing the samecommunity of the Rotary clubs of Ulaanbaatar as well as Khuree. There are 25 chartermembers.Charter President: Miss Undarlaa B.
(Classification: Insurance Underwriting)Email: [email protected]
Postal Address : c/o 6th Floor, State Department StorePeace Avenue - 44P.O. Box 688Ulaanbaatar 210644, MONGOLIA
Regular Meeting: Every Wednesday, 7 p.m.at Brau Haus, Ulaanbaatar
This club is sponsored by : The Rotary Club of Mid-Level, Hong Kong.
The Rotary Club of Niislel will be the third Rotary club within the city of Ulaanbaatar.Niislel in Mongolian means capital city. There will be 25 charter members, 2 of themare former Rotarians from Ulaanbaatar, and 1 of them is a Rotary Scholar. The charterpresident, Md. Undarlaa B., is a former treasurer and director of The Rotary Club ofUlaanbaatar. She was inducted by the then RI President Elect Richard D. King inNovember, 2000, and was witnessed by the then District Governor John Wan. Herclassification is “Insurance Underwriting”.
(2) The Rotary Club of Zuunmod
This club is located in Zuunmod, capital city of Tuv Province, Mongolia, and is 50 kmaway from Ulaanbaatar. There are 27 charter members who will serve the whole city ofZuunmod.Charter President : Mrs. Battsetseg Sh.
(Classification : Education)Email: [email protected]
Postal Address : c/o Zuunmod English CollegeP.O. Box 47Zuunmod CityTuv Province, MONGOLIA
Regular Meeting : Every Thursday, 6 p.m.at Zuunmod English College
This club is sponsored by : The Rotary Club of Kingspark Hongkong, Hong Kong.
The Rotary Club of Zuunmod is located in Zuunmod City which is about 50 km awayfrom Ulaanbaatar. Zuunmod in Mongolian meaning is 100 trees. There will be 27charter members but none of them is former Rotarian. The charter president, Md.Battsetseg Sh., is a Senator of Mongolian Junior Chamber (JCI). She is the founderand director of Zuunmod English College. Her classification is “Education”.
Jones C. H. Wong22nd July 2003 Governor
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The Rotary First Internet-based club, Rotary eClub One
of District 5450 (www.rotaryeclubone.org) has been
established since February, 2002.
Operating as part of the new Models for Rotary Clubs
Pilot Project, eClub One has developed policies and
procedures intended to maintain the essence of Rotary
goals and value while providing online flexibility to its
members, who now number about a dozen, and to the
thousands of Rotarians who visit the site to make up
missed meetings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
To date, more than 8,000 Rotarians have made up
meetings by reading one of five informational programs
linked to the site and completing a make-up form. The
form asks the guest to discuss the information, including
how it might relate to his or her home club’s activities,
and to suggest topics for future make-up programs.
The club also provides a public forum where visitors can
share their observations and suggestions about how to
improve its services.
Rotarians, if you are busy, or have temporary health
problem, or geographical isolation from existing clubs that
cannot attend the regular meeting, why not just CLICK
in the Rotary eClub One web site and continuously
participate in Rotary life.
Don’t hesitate any more, do it right now: Please Click
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Rotaract Club of Victoria (19July03)
Rotaract Club of Victoria had their 3rdinstallation party at T.G.I. Friday. Theatmosphere was very warm. They invitedRotarian Billy Kwok’s daughter, Jessie Kwokto perform choral speaking and singing.Everybody had a joyful evening.
Rotaract Club of Hong Kong Island WestInauguration (20July03)
A group of university-base Rotaractorschartered a new community-base RotaractClub, named Rotaract Club of Hong KongIsland West. They are sponsored by theRotary Club of Hong Kong Island West. DGJones Wong,D R C P a r r yP o o n a n dmyself witnesst h e i r c l u b ’sc h a r t e r i n gceremony.
Rotaract Club of Kowloon NorthwestI n s t a l l a t i o n(20July03)
All guys join in
Men’s DrinkingCompetition!L o o k a t t h o s ehappy faces!
As a traditional, Rotaract Club of KowloonNorthwest organizes fun & joyful party fortheir installation.Highlight of the installation: more than 40guests joined their Drinking ContestChampion: Male division:
PDG Anthony HungFemale division:
Ivy Yeung(Rotaract Club of Victoria)
Open tournament:Patrick Yung
(Rotaract Club of Kowloon Northwest)
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Rotaract Clubs Installation 2003-04
In a flash, 1st of July has come to us, and allthe Rotaract Clubs are busy in organizing theirinstallation. Different club has differentculture. There are all kinds of RotaractInstallation I have been to in July. Formalballroom event, sport night party, jointinstallation with Rotary club, drinking party,tea buffet... etc. Rotaractors have all thecreation and imagination to make theirinstallation a fun and remarkable event. Iwould like to take this opportunity to sharewith you some of the highlights of the RotaractClubs’ Installation in July. Come and meet thenew elegant faces of the Rotaract leaders 2003-04 in our District.
Rotaract Club of City University of HongKong (28June03)
Rotaract Club of University of Hong Konghad their instal lat ion at the Distr ict
Installation cumD i s t r i c tAssembly.
Rotaract Club of Kingspark Hong Kong(28June03)
Rotaract Club of Kingspark Hong Kong hadtheir installation at their mother club, RotaryClub of Kingspark Hong Kong, AnnualDinner at Ritz Carlton Hotel.
Rotaract Club ofKingspark HongKong with PDGJ o h n Wa n &Rotary President2003-04, PeterLo.
The new boardof directors inRotaract Clubof KingsparkH o n g K o n g2003-04
扶青團聚焦Rotaract Installation
Rotaract Club of Kwai Chung Installation(3July03)
Rotaract Club of Kwai Chung had theInstallation Ceremony with their MotherClub, the Rotary of Kwai Chung, in the RoyalGarden Hotel. Afterwards they had dinnerwith their Mother Club’s Rotarians at a nearbyrestaurant. They played Mahjong and hadkaraoke together.
Rotaract Club of Macau (12July03)
This was the fifth joint installation organized byRotary Club of Macau and Rotaract Club ofMacau. Both clubs were happy to carry out a“GENUINE” joint installation this year,
symbolizingcommitmenta n d b o n dbetween thetwo clubs.
Rotaract Club ofChannel Islands(12July03)
Rotaract Club of Channel Islands had their10th Installation party at the Millennium Club.
Rotaract District Board 2003-04Position Name Club NameDistrict Rotaract Chairman (Hong Kong) Parry Poon Rotary Club of Tolo HarbourDistrict Rotaract Chairman (Macao) Domingo Chang Rotary Club of GuiaDeputy District Rotaract Chairman Sally Ho Rotary Club of Bayview SunshineDeputy District Rotaract Chairman Vito Lee Rotary Club of New TerritoriesDistrict Rotaract Representative Ruby Shek Rotaract Club of Kowloon North WestDeputy District Rotaract Representative Victor Lai Rotaract Club of VictoriaDeputy District Rotaract Representative Joyce Lau Rotaract Club of New TerritoriesDeputy District Rotaract Representative C. K. Vong Rotaract Club of GuiaDistrict Secretary Suk-Han Chu Rotaract Club of Kowloon North WestDistrict Treasurer Joe Ho Rotaract Club of New TerritoriesDistrict Auditor Margarita So Rotaract Club of Kowloon North WestDistrict Legal Advisor Patrick Yung Rotaract Club of Kingspark Hong KongDistrict Officer Albert Au-Yeung Rotaract Club of Kwai ChungDistrict Officer Fiona Lun Rotaract Club of Kwai ChungDistrict Officer Holly Ho Rotaract Club of University of Hong KongDistrict Officer Josephine Yim Rotaract Club of University of Science & TechnologyDistrict Officer Lu Lu Chung Rotaract Club of VictoriaDistrict Officer Max Lam Rotaract Club of Hong Kong Island EastDistrict Officer Nicole Lam Rotaract Club of Hong Kong Island East
Rotaract 扶輪青年
第 44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003 文化活動Cultural Project
On 5 August 2003, Rotary Club of ToloHarbour success fu l ly he ld the f ina lcompetition of the Student Section of theRotary O’drama. This is the thirteenth yearthat a drama competition is held by the Club.Every year, the event attracted a large numberof entries from students and amateur dramafanatics.
This year’s theme is on sports. “It is innovativeto blend drama with sports. They havesomething in common. Both are a kind ofperforming arts, stimulate creativity, developconfidence and cultivate team spirit. Theseare qualities that our new generations shouldpossess. Rotary Club of Tolo Harbour shouldbe congratulated for offering this opportunityto the youths in our community.” DG JonesWong said during his speech to the 700 strongaudiences that evening.
The audience at the Jockey Club Auditoriumwere satisfied with the performance of the fivecompeting school team, each of them had donetheir best in the contest and delivered anentertaining show. The audiences are amazedby the way one contesting team perform abicycle race on stage using their bodymovement coupled with background music.Another team played a shuttle-cock match yetno shuttle-cock was actually used. These arejust two of the many creative talentsdemonstrated by the students at the contest.
“If you miss the final competition, do notdespair. The winning teams will have a GrandPerformance on 4 October 2003. We arepleased that the Summer Youth ProgrammeCommittee has agreed to sponsor this eventas one of this year ’s Summer Youth
Programmes. This provides thewinning teams an opportunity toperform in public and furtherpromote drama and sports.”President Eugene Liu of RotaryClub of Tolo Harbour said afterthe competition.
The concept of the Rotary O’drama started in2002 and the whole project entails a numberof events including drama skill training, dramacompetition, Sports Carnival and GrandPerformance. More than ten local AsianGame medallists and top athletes have beenappointed O’drama Ambassadors and haveattended sharing sessions with students tobroaden their knowledge and understandingof sports.
The project encountered some set back whenHong Kong was hit by SARS. Some of theactivities originally scheduled in April andMay had to be postponed. AG Peter Wan,Chairman of the Organising Committee said:“It is great team work. The involvements ofour club members are crucial to the successof this project. Everyone has a role to playand does it right and timely. We have derivedgreat satisfaction and enjoyed good fellowshipthroughout this project.”
The Rotary O’drama is co-organised by theSummer Youth Programme Committee,Chung Ying Theatre Company, the HongKong Polytechnic University and sponsoredby the Hong Kong Jockey Club CharitiesTrust and Water Oasis Company Limited.Over 2,500 youngsters have participated inone or more of the activities held.
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第44卷 第二期 Volume 44 Issue22003年 8月 August 2003Rotary in China 扶輪在中國
The Rotary Club of Shanghai was first admittedmembership to Rotary International in 1919.However, in the RI archive, there was no record ofRotary activity in Shanghai during the period of 1942to 1945. What happened? Your District InformationCoordinator Herbert K. Lau has been given a pieceof story which will tell you.....
After the outbreak of hostilities of Japan toChina on the 8th of December, 1941, only oneregular meeting of The Rotary Club ofShanghai was held on Thursday, 11thDecember, at Metropole Hotel, 180 KiangsuRoad. The proceedings were informal and noreport was made out. There was a fairattendance, total 54, of all nationalitiesrepresented in the Club, including the twoJapanese members.
Subsequently, no direct steps were taken bythe occupying Japanese forces to suppressthe Club, but in view of the fact that theauthorit ies at an early date after theoutbreak of hostilities prohibited the holdingof meetings without permission it wasevident, that it would be possible for theClub to continue its normal activities,although the Japanese members wereinclined to believe that no objections wouldbe raised by the authorities. At a meetingon the 13th December, 1941, the board ofdirectors decided, therefore, to go intorecess for the time being “due to financialreasons and transportation difficulties”. Itwas considered desirable, however, that thesecretariat of the Club should be maintained.
The board of directors met again on severaloccasions during the first half of the year 1942,during which meetings various routine matterswere dealt with, inter alias the distribution ofrenovated toys, which had been collected priorto the outbreak of hostilities but not deliveredto the various orphanages and institutions,which the Rotary Club of Shanghai had beensupplying with toys each Christmas for severalyears. The question of resuming normalactivities, which would require establishingcontact with the Japanese authorities, wasconsidered during these meetings but decidedagainst. Members, however, for a timemaintained contact with each other throughinformal meetings in each others houses byrota t ion , a procedure which in thecircumstances was found well suited formaintaining fellowship and for the promotionof goodwill and understanding between themany nationalities of which the membershipof the Club was composed.
For economic reasons the secretariat wasremoved from the Metropole Hotel to theNanking Theatre, the management of whichrepresented by Rotarian J.T. Holt, very kindlyplaced office accommodation at the disposalof the Club free of charge.
When the Club’s pa id secretary wasinterned the office was closed and out incharge of Rotarian T.J. Holt, who haslooked after al l property and recordsbelonging to the Club and had been ableto return them completely intact at theend of the Pacific War. On one or twooccasions enquiries were made by officialsof the occupation forces as to be thenature of the Rotary Club. But theseenquiries were rather easily passed off.
The club funds — which at an early date hadbeen converted into gold — were in the handsof the club treasurer, except for disbursementsfor salaries and office expenses incurredduring the period the secretariat was keptopen.
A number of Allied Rotarians were repatriatedin 1942 whilst the remaining American andBritish members of the Club during 1942/1943were successively interned in the variouscamps in and around Shanghai. The totalnumber of members represented was 19 (somewent away from camp in 1943), whilst thosewho remained in camp to the end of the Warwere distributed as follows: Haiphong RoadCamp 5, Pootung 7, Yuyuen Road (laterEastern Area) 2, Ash Camp 3, Lungwha 1,and Chapei 9.
The other members of the Club maintainedcontact from time to time, but did not attemptto meet in any regular or formal manner asRotarians.
Towards the end of 1944, when it was clearthat the internees in Shanghai camps had avery hard time owing to serious shortage offood, it was arranged to send each internedRotarian and each member of his family aspecial Christmas parcel with greetings from“Thursday Tiffin friends”, which gifts weremuch appreciated.
In August 1945, at the end of the War thequestion of again taking up the activities ofthe Club was considered by the (last)president in consultation with variousmembers, but owing to the difficulty ofestablishing contact with interned members
and the abnormal situation prevailing at thetime (both as regards finances, transportationand business in general), it was decided notto take immediate steps to call a meeting ofthe board of directors or endeavor to hold clubmeetings.
On the initiative of President Sung, andinformal get together arranged in thegrounds of St. John’s University on theafternoon of the 29th of September, whenthe majority of members interned locally hadbeen set free. About 30 members of theRotary Club of Shanghai and 10 outportRotarians spent a pleasant two hourstogether, and the returned internees weregreeted with particular enthusiasm by theirfellow Rotarians.
On that occasion, the question of resumingregular meetings was considered but theconsensus of opinion of those present was tothe effect, that the talking up of the normalactivities of the Club would have to bedeferred for some time owing to transportationdifficulties and the difficulty of finding suitableaccommodation for holding weekly lunchmeetings — the question of expenses beingalso of some importance in the prevailingcircumstances.
In the course of the month of October, allinterned Rotarians were released — thosefrom Haiphong Road, who had been sent tonorth China, were the last to arrive.
A meeting of the Club was called on the 9thof November. This meeting was held in theBankers’ Club and was well attended — toowell for the accommodation available. Therewere present 44 members, 10 outportRotarians, 4 overseas Rotarians and severalguests, some of them former members of theClub. The members present expressed theopinion that steps should be taken to re-es tab l i sh the Club v i s -a -v i s RotaryInternational as soon as possible, and thatregular meetings should be resumed as soonas a suitable meeting place could be found.The last elected board of directors wererequested to take the necessary steps in thatdirection.
At a meeting of that board held on 15thNovember, 1945, it was decided to enquirefrom Rotary International’s special delegatein China, RI Vice President Dr. C.T. Wang,as to the steps it would be necessary to take inorder again to regularize their position withRotary International.
Do you want to know what was the reply fromRotary International? Please watch for thecontinued story in September Issue.
(to be continued......)
1941 - 1945
The Unknown Period of Rotary in Shanghai (1)
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Centennial �� !�
The Honourable Mrs. Rita Fan,GBS, JP,President of the Hong Kong SAR LegislativeCouncil, and District 3450 Governor Jones Wongwitnessed on 19 July, 2003, the signing of Letterof Agreement between Rotary clubs and WorldWide Fund For Nature Hong Kong (WWF HongKong) on the upgrading of Peter Scott FieldStudies Centre at Mai Po Nature Reserve, HongKong. The upgrading exercise is a RotaryCentennial Project to promote wetland educationamongst the general public.
The five Rotary clubs contributing to theupgrading of the Peter Scott Field Studies Centreinclude Hong Kong Island West; Hong KongNorthwest ; The Peak; City NorthwestHongkong and Mid-Level. Governor ElectAlexander Mak, President Joseph Lu, PresidentKen Chu, President Jason Chan, President T.L.Chan, and President Michelle Pau were all thereleading the Tree Planting.
“The Year of 2005 is the 100th Anniversary ofRotary,” said Dr. James Lau (City NorthwestHongkong), Project Chairperson. “To Preserve ourPlanet Earth is the common goal of the 30,000 plusRotary clubs around the world. To support andupgrade Peter Scott Field Studies Centre at MaiPo Nature Reserve is certainly a very remarkabletask opportunity for the Hong Kong Rotarians toserve. So, our 5 Rotary clubs together will raisefund, ask professionals from our members to designthe plan, inovate the facilities, clear the garden,plant new trees, update the information system forthe reference library and research room, etc. Theproject is expected to be completed by the end of2005. After the renovation, Peter Scott FieldStudies Centre will remain its usual functions fornature reserve, research and educationalprogrammes. The Rotary Centennial Institute forWetland Conservation Studies will then be set upinside the Centre.”
“The upgrading of the Peter Scott Field StudiesCentre will greatly enhance our capacity inpromoting wetland education and awarenessamongst the general public which is crucial to thewise use of wetlands in Hong Kong. WWF HongKong is excited by the vision of the Rotary clubsfor selecting the facilities upgrading exercise at MaiPo Nature Reserve as their centennial project,” saidMr. Stephen Lau, MBE, JP, WWF Hong KongChief Executive Officer. The Peter Scott FieldStudies Centre was opened in 1990 and has beenan important part of our wetland education andpublic awareness programmes since then. Thefacilities and equipment of the centre will also beenhanced for education purposes.
“WWF Hong Kong has been managing the MaiPo Nature Reserve since 1983 and in 1995, wasincorporated as part of the Mai Po Inner Deep BayWetland of International Importance (RamsarSite). Every year, over 50,000 migratorywaterbirds winter at the Ramsar Site. This includessome 20-30% of the world population of theendangered Black-faced Spoonbills,” continuedMr. Lau.
Rotary clubs have supported a number offacilities upgrade at Mai Po Nature Reserve inthe past. These include the conservation of anature trail and rain shelter in 1996, a floatinghide in 1998, and a new Mai Po Visitor Centrein 2002.
Rotary is an organization of business andprofessional persons united worldwide who providehumanitarian service, encourage high ethicalstandards in all vocations and help build goodwilland peace in the world. Rotary volunteers initiatecommunity service projects that address many oftoday’s most critical issues, such as anti-corruption,violence, drug abuse, youth, elderly, family, AIDS,Hepatitis B, health, hunger, poverty, theenvironment, and illiteracy, in addition to the majortask of global Polio Eradication by the year of 2005,as well as full support in education and world peaceprogrammes.
The world’s first service club was the Rotary Clubof Chicago, USA, which was formed in 1905. After99 years, there are more than 1.2 million Rotaryclub members working in some 30,000 Rotary clubsin over 160 countries and geographical regions. Thefirst Rotary club in China was Shanghai in 1919,Beijing in 1924, Hong Kong in 1931, and Macaoin 1947.
WWF Hong Kong has worked to ensure a betterenvironment for the present and future generationsof Hong Kong through the implementation of awide range of conservation and educationprogrammes since their inception in 1981.
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It was a beautiful July Saturday for ourvisit to the Shekuchau RehabilitationCentre. Representatives of our RotaryDistrict attending that day were DGJones Wong and PDG Gloria Chan. Alsopresent were members of Rotary Club ofKowloon East; PDG Raymond Wong,President Stephen Yip, IPP Charles Yau,PP K. K. Leung and his wife Katherine,PP Raymond Tse and his family, PP ChanKin and his wife, PE Tony Chow and hiswife and club members Sherman Kung,Yiu Ching On, Yeung Chun Ming, LamMan Chun. Attending members ofRotary Club HK Bayview were IPPLawrence Li and President WilliamChow, etc.
Upon our arrival at the RehabilitationCentre we received a warm and friendlyreception from Mr. Frederick Yu,Chairman of the Society for the Aid andRehabi l i ta t ion o f Drug Abusers(SARDA)
Senior staff of the Rehabilitation Centreled us on a tour around the island andshowed us many of the scenic andhistorical sites. We also participated inthe grand opening of the Rotary LightMonument which was donated by ourclub ($200,000). This monument hasbeen designed by our Rotarian memberSherman Kung and built with existing
Grand Opening of Kowloon East’s Centennial ProjectROTARY LIGHT MONUMENT AT SHEKUCHAU REHABILITATION CENTRE
Centennial 百週年誌慶
Partner in Service : SARDA Society for the Aid & Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers5 JULY 2003
manpower from the residents undergoingtreatment at the facility. It is lighted inthe evening and revolves as the windblows across the island. The proposedtheme of this park is information aboutdrugs and the effects of drug use. It willcontain rotary materials as well.
We chose this particular style ofmonument to draw attention to the Rotarycommitment (both worldwide andlocally), to this and other important socialand self help projects. As it revolves itsymbolizes our pledge of socialservice to every corner of theglobe.
We also attended the grandopening of the fruit gardenwhich was donated by ourClub of Kowloon East ($50,000). The manpower formaintaining this fruit gardenwill come from the programresidents. The fresh fruit will
be sold by the residents and is expectedto generate a profit for the DrugRehabilitation Center to use.
Lunch, which was a very tasty local styleof food was prepared at the Centre andserved by some of the rehabilitatedpatients at the Centre.
Our visit to the Shekuchau RehabilitationCentre was inspirational!
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