Welcome to JohnWan.org

This is my personal website which I had first begun to keep and maintain since 2001 with the help of many friends for technical support and in other areas.

I had first used this page as a Rotary International DG, or District Governor.  A lot has happened since, but I am still keeping my photo taken in 2001. I retired from public service in 2003, but have remained active socially and in volunteering work.

From mid March 2020, there had been travel restrictions worldwide brought about by the corona-virus pandemic. During the lock-down, I put together my first autobiography which I finally published under the title of “The Middle Child” with a subtitle “A First Memoir“. By mid-January 2021, My wife – Su – and I began to market the book to friends, at HK$300 a copy. It was never meant to be a commercial project as such; and I had donated many copies and some proceeds from the sale to charities, mainly Rotary and Freemasonry.  You can contact me through my email address johnwan@netvigator.com if you would like a copy. I have chosen to be my own publisher because I could not find any shops to hold the stock. 

In 2022, a young friend Marco helped me to improve the outlook of the website which I would like to believe is now livelier than before. My wife and I began to travel more regularly in 2024 and have recently explored Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area more seriously. I have continued to share my thoughts in my blogs and have them uploaded on my website and Su has continued to improve her culinary skills and fed me well.

Meanwhile, I wish you all well and a marvellous and mindful Year of the Snake coming up.

22 January 2025