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 since 2024 and have explored Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area more seriously in addition to making our annual visits to Whistler. 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.

Today marks my 78th Birthday and I wish you all well. I am seriously making plans to publish a sequel to my first memoir. Wish me luck!

7 April 2026