The story of how one Canadian with $250,000 of his own money, supported or started the first Rotary clubs in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Greece (Athens), Egypt (Cairo), Palestine (Jerusalem), Burma now called Myanmar (Thayetmo and Rangoon now called Yangon), Siam now called Thailand (Bangkok), and in several of the Malay states including Seremban (Negeri Sembilan), Kuala Lumpur (Federal Territory), Malacca (Melaka), Penang (Penang), Ipoh (Perak), Klang (Selangor) and Singapore (now independent Singapore).
He was also responsible for founding clubs in what is now Java, Indonesia including Batavia now known as Jakarta, Bandoeng and Malang – nearly "Rotary Around the…
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