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On Tuesday, September 04, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy ( LKYSPP) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) held a dedication ceremony to commemorate Dr Li Ka-shing’s gift of S$100 million, which was announced on 8 March 2007. In honour of Dr Li’s support and generosity, the School named one of its three buildings at the historic Bukit Timah Campus, the “Li Ka Shing” Building, after him. The building sits on a rise overlooking the Botanic Gardens valley and houses the school’s executive education program as well as its faculty and researchers.
Li Ka Shing Building
The gift of S$100 million from the Li Ka Shing Foundation (50%) and Dr Li’s group of companies, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd (25%) and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd (25%), creates an endowment fund to support academic activities by offering scholarships and establishing chair professorships. These scholarships will continue in perpetuity, and over time, will create a distinguished alumni group of policymakers in the region. It will be complemented by a dollar-for-dollar matching grant from the Singapore Government.
Dr Li revealed that his gift to the School is a tribute to all those who choose to serve the public: “To choose to serve your people as their best friend and devoted servant is a most noble and conscious choice. It requires the very best of what you have to give.” He also drew inspiration from Pericles, quoting the great Athenian statesman as saying, “Great leaders have their vision of what to do and know how to articulate it. And they are incorruptible.” ”What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others,” Dr Li added.
Dr Li and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew graced the ceremony. In addition to the dedication ceremony, a scholarship award presentation to the five Li Ka Shing scholars was held.
For more information about Dr Li Ka Shing, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Ka_Shing
Source: Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Press Release
The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy builds on the rich legacy of the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Public Policy Program, which was established in 1992 in collaboration with Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Now the School continues to maintain this strong partnership with Harvard and the Kennedy School of Government.
Established as an autonomous school of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 16 August 2004, it is the first institution to bear Minister Mentor Lee’s name. The School was officially opened on 4 April 2005 by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and it is the first educational institution in Southeast Asia dedicated to teaching public policy in English.
The School aims to be a centre of excellence for research and education in the field of public policy and public management. Its mission is to provide opportunities for the education and training of the next generation of Asian policymakers and leaders, with the objective of raising the standards of governance throughout the region, improving the lives of the people in the region and, in sodoing, also contribute to the transformation of Asia.
The school is located in Bukit Timah Campus, which also houses the Faculty of Law, the East Asian Institute, the Institute of South Asian Studies and the Asian Research Institute. Built in the 1920s on a piece of land donated by the Straits Settlement Government, BTC was by designed by Cyril A Farey and Graham D Dawbam of London and it was the winning design of a British empire-wide architectural competition in 1922.
To date, students from around 30 countries have passed through the doors of the School. My MPP class alone has 68 students, 1 from Bangladesh, 3 from Bhutan, 1 from Brazil, 1 from Canada, 14 of whom from China, 1 from Hong Kong, 6 from India, 7 from Indonesia, 1 from Italy, 1 from Japan, 1 from Kazakhstan, 2 from Malaysia, 2 from Pakistan, 1 from Maldives, 3 from Myanmar, 1 from Papua New Guinea, 2 from Philippines, 7 from Singapore, 2 from Sri Lanka, 1 from South Africa, and 1 from CAMBODIA.
A rear view
A relaxing place beside the open field
My classroom
One of the study rooms
Computer lab
Canteen
With my classmates at the bus stand wating for the bus
