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Dr. The Honourable Sir M. K. Lo, KT, CBE, LLD, JPCo-founder and First President of Asian Football ConfederationBy Herbert K. Lau (劉敬恒) (Rotary China Historian)15 September 2017Dr. The Honourable Sir M. K. Lo(羅文錦爵士), Kt., C.B.E., LL.D., J.P., an ethnic Eurasian solicitor, was President 1934-1935 of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong (香港扶輪社) after he had served one year of Vice-President. He was the fourth president of the Club.Lo was a football lover who was already the Vice President of the Hong Kong Football Association (香港足球總會) in 1939.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) (亞洲足球協會) is one of the 6continental confederations within International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)and is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. The proposal to establish the AFC could be traced back to1952 Helsinki Olympics. To the Asian Games in Manila, The Philippines,two years later, the establishment of AFC was finally raised for decision by representatives of 12Asian nations and territories:(1) AfghanistanKingdom; (2) Union of Burma; (3)Republic of China (Taiwan); (4) British Crown Colony Hong Kong; (5) Republic of India; (6) Republic of Indonesia;(7) Japan;(8) Republic of Korea;(9) Dominion of Pakistan;(10) Republic of The Philippines;(11) British Crown Colony Singapore;and (12) Republic of Vietnam.The AFC was officially formed on 8 May 1954 in Manila, The Philippines, on the sidelines of the Second Asian Games. The main headquarters is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.Being the incumbent President of theHong Kong Football Association, Sir M. K. Lo was elected to
2serve as the first President of the Asian Football Confederation, while the first SecretaryGeneral was the prominent Hong Kong football player Major-General Lee Wai-Tong (李惠堂少將).Lo served the President for only one year, and handed-over to his fellow Rotarian The Honourable Kwok Chan (議員郭贊太平紳士),O.B.E.,J.P.,(Hong Kong Rotary Club President1951-1952)to be his successor.The first AFC Asian Cup took place in Hong Kong in 1956 and was contested by the 12 founding members of the AFC,with Republic of Korea (大韓民國) winning the inaugural title. The event was thereafter held in various Asian countries every four years, with an exception in 2007 when the quadrennial cycle was moved forward one year.Asian Cup, Asian football (soccer) competition, is that continent’s premier football tournament.Another major contribution by Lo towards the Hong Kong football facilities was the establishment of the South China AA Football Stadium (南華會足球場), also known as Caroline Hill Stadium. Being a past president of the South ChinaAthletic Association(南華體育會), Lo succeed in obtaining permanent leasing rights of a piece of land on the Caroline Hill (加路連山), Hong Kong Island, from the Hong Kong Government in 1929. This was the single most crucial accomplishment that made the Stadium still standing today as one of the major football arenas, as well as the premises of the Associationmain building.(see photo on Page 5)Lo had also served as the third Chairman of The Chinese Amateur AthleticFederation of Hong Kong(香港中華業餘體育協會理事長) since its establishment in 1916.The Solicitors Lo & LoLoMan-Kam(羅文錦) was born on 21 July 1893 in a prominent Eurasian family of the British Crown Colony Hong Kong. His father was Lo Cheung-Shiu(羅長肇太平紳士), J.P., compradore of the Jardine, Matheson & Co.(渣甸洋行/怡和洋行)and mother Miss Zimmern(施湘卿) was the elder sister of British customs officer Andrew Zimmern (施炳光). Grandfather was a Briton, Thomas Rothwell (羅富華), and grandmother TsangYau(曾有) was the daughter of aChineseTankaboatman (蜑家).M. K. was the eldest son of 9 children.M. K.went to study law in England in 1906 when he was 13. He graduated with the first place of the First Class Honoursin the Law Society Examinations in London and returned to Hong Kong in 1915. He began in 1916 to practice law and became the senior partner of the law firm Lo & Lo Solicitors & NotariesPublic(羅文錦律師樓) with his younger brother Lo Man-Wai (羅文惠). In 1918Lomarried Victoria Ho-Tung(何錦姿), eldest daughter of the Hong Kong prominent businessman Sir Robert Ho Tung(何東爵士), K.B.E., K.St.J., J.P. **/ ?>
Dr. The Honourable Sir M. K. Lo, KT, CBE, LLD, JPCo-founder and First President of Asian Football ConfederationBy Herbert K. Lau () (Rotary China Historian)15 September 2017Dr. The Honourable Sir M. K. Lo(), Kt., C.B.E., LL.D., J.P., an ethnic Eurasian solicitor, was President 1934-1935 of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong () after he had served one year of Vice-President. He was the fourth president of the Club.Lo was a football lover who was already the Vice President of the Hong Kong Football Association () in 1939.The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) () is one of the 6continental confederations within International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)and is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. The proposal to establish the AFC could be traced back to1952 Helsinki Olympics. To the Asian Games in Manila, The Philippines,two years later, the establishment of AFC was finally raised for decision by representatives of 12Asian nations...