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
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