Philanthropy in Asia
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Hong Kong & China Archives
- Who is Wang Wenliang, Chinese businessman who donated to McAuliffe?
- Lui Che-woo donates HK$15.6m to Chinese University
- MACAU FOUNDATION’S RMB100 MILLION TO JINAN UNIVERSITY STIRS CONTROVERSY
- GMP Dairy donates $25,000 to National Party
- Lingnan University receives HK$8 million from Ho Iu Kwong Charity Foundation
- Fung Foundation donates $1 million for global education programs
- Tencent’s Pony Ma pledges more than $2bn to charity
- New edition of former Hong Kong shipping magnate Yue-kong Pao biography published
- China university recants over non-banker Rothschild error
- Alibaba Executive Gives $30M to Yale Law School
- China Charity Law Seeks to Make Giving Easier
- Henry Cheng donates 300 M Yuan to cyber security training
- Mystery surrounds Hong Kong-linked donor who gave $100,000 to Liberals
- He Qiaonv Tops 2015 List of 100 Leading Philanthropists
- Andrew’s election campaign boosted by Chinese donors
- Why are Hong Kong’s philanthropists so blinkered?
- Lu Zhiqiang donated US100 Million to Fudan University
- Western Sydney University received $3.5 million gift from businessman Xiangmo Huang
- Anonymous donor makes donations for 17 years in east China
- One Silicon Valley startup is getting donations from an unlikely source: WeChat users
- Why China’s super-rich are now eager to invest in philanthropy
- UN rejects US$15 million donation from Macau billionaire Ng Lap Seng pending bribery investigation
- Sydney University receives $15 million donation from Dr Chau Chak Wing
- China’s Charity Donations Top 100 Billion Yuan in 2014
- Is Hong Kong A Paradise For Charity Fraudsters? It Surely Could Be
- Who are the biggest Chinese philanthropists?
- Liangren Li to donate $10m to cancer research
- Survey shows 80% of Chinese philanthropists donations went to institutions outside mainland
- Shun Tak Fraternal Association Yung Yau College received a HK$10 million donation to nurture HK teen science talents
- Govt defends requests to HKU for review on donations
- Yu Pang-lin’s HK$ 7 billion donation to charity fuels China charity discussion
- Hong Kong tycoon Yu Pang-lin leaves wealth to charity
- Who Are China’s Most Caring Billionaires?
- Li Ka-shing donated HK$1.5 billion to construction of Buddhist shrine in Hong Kong
- Rilin Enterprises pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013
- Charitable giving in China is growing
- Mystery Chinese businessman revealed as top Australian political donor
- Women on 100 Outstanding Donors List Increase in 2014
- Chinese developer leads surge in donations to major political parties
- Lau Ming-wai, donates HK$400 million to set up Karolinska Institute in Hong Kong
- Mystery Chinese donor Zi Chun Wang tops political donations with $850,000 gift to Labor
- Alibaba Pledges $130 Million to Support Hong Kong Youth Startups
- Alibaba Group Backs Young Hong Kong Entrepreneurs
- MIT receives $118 million donation from Samuel Tak Lee for real estate lab
- HKRC has received HK$670 million for the victims of South Asian Tsunami
- Chinese netizens slam Mr Pan Shiyi and Ms Zhang Xin’s $13m gift to Yale
- SOHO China Foundation co-founders Zhang Xin and Pan Shiyi made a $10 million gift to Yale
- Chan family donated $20 million to USC’s occupational therapy program
- Hong Kong Group to Give Harvard’s School of Public Health $350 Million
- Hong Kong : Manulife pledges continued support to children with SLD
- Sir Run Run Shaw – a philanthropist who couldn’t stop giving
- Philanthropist Gives CCSU $6.5 Million
- Sichuan mining tycoon’s fall from philanthropist to ‘triad boss’
- Philanthropist sues school for ‘misleading’ him
- For A Good Cause; China’s rich and famous lead the way in charity
- Alibaba’s Co-Founders Charitable Trusts Valued at Roughly $3 Billion
- Charity begins at home for city’s HK$7 b top givers
- Museum donation secures return of historic columns
- SMIC Donates an Additional 2 Million Yuan to its Children’s Liver Transplant Program
- HK$100m donation to the Asia Society
- South China University of Technology: WANG Wenkang Donates to the SCUT Educational Fund
- Establishment of Yao Ling Sun Professorships at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Businessman paves way for return of relics kept in Norway
- IBM forks out $100m for China’s next generation of data scientists
- Chinese University receives a 100 million yuan from Shenzhen Amer
- University of Hong Kong: New World Group Charity Foundation’s Donation for the Establishment of Clinical and Translational Laboratory in the HKU Department of Surgery
- Cambridge University’s China funding row: ‘Foreign donations must be regulated’
- Florence Fang: Daughter of two ‘moms’
- Fok heir losesbid to challenge will executors
- Cultural district enjoys million-dollar donations
- Ex-premier named a top philanthropist
- Chinese billionaires criticised for giving Harvard $18m
- King’s College London gets £20m donation for law school
- China
- Koo Ming-kown sues school to get $20m back
- Mr. Behring donates US$30 million worth of specimen to natural history museum
- Asia Society Hong Kong Center Receives $12.9 Million from Robert Miller
- Donation by Mr. Tao Shing Pee, Chairman of the ShanghaiMart, ranks in fourth place in the “Chinese Top 100 Donation List”
- ‘Doing what’s right’ \ Chinese oil giant pumps record donation into Calgary Public Library
- Vancouver resident donates $10-million to New York museum for Chinese art
- Macao Foundation donates 3.92 mln USD for cataract patients
- Blackstone chairman to set up China scholarship
- SMIC Contributes 2 Million Chinese Yuan to Fund Liver Transplants for Disadvantaged Children
- A social experiment
- The University of Hong Kong: 10 Sep 2013 First University-Wide Student Excellence Scheme in HKU Established Through the Support of Mr Chui Wai-Kwan
- Hong Kong Baptist University: Chinese Medicine Charity Foundation Receives HK$400,000 in Donations in Support of ‘Privilege Scheme of Chinese Medicine Service for Elderly’
- HKUST receives leadership boost
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: PolyU Names Lecture Theatre After Dr Jimmy Tang Kui-Ming
- Rich find spirit of generous giving
- HKUST Receives HK$5 Million Donation from Dr Simon Kwok and Dr Eleanor Kwok To support Interdisplinary Engineering and Medicine Research on Endoluminal Medical Devices
- HKBU Receives a Total of HK$1.2 Million in Donations in Support of Research and Teaching Development of HKBU’s Jao Tsung-I Academy of Sinology
- Li Ka-shing Donates $130 Million to Israeli University
- Zhejiang University: ‘Two Missiles and One Satellite Meritorious Service Medals’ of Wang Ganchang Donated to Zhejiang University
- HKUST Holds Opening Ceremony for Lee Shau Kee Campus and Lee Shau Kee Business Building
- HKUST receives 20 mln HKD from Li Ka Shing Foundation
- Li charity in bid to clear HKU medical fog
- Jones Day Foundation Donates RMB 5 Million to Peking University Faculty Development Project
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: PolyU Sets up “Dr. Tang Kui Ming Scholarship” with $1.5M Donation
- Chinese University of Hong Kong: K Foundation, with the Collaboration of Banco Santander, Gives Nearly US$300,000 Donation to the Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Schwarzman Backs China Scholarship; Blackstone Group Founder Donating $100 Million to Help Send 200 Mainly U.S. Students to Asian Country Every Year
- University urges public to donate bodies for research
- Li Ka Shing Foundation donates HKD10M to support student development at Ying Wa
- Philanthropist extends family love to mainland poor
- HKBU Receives HK$1 Million Donation from Jiachen Technology Limited to Establish Adaptive Learning Centre to Support Science Development
- HKBU Receives HK$5 Million from Ms. Connie Wong for Publishing Books on Hong Kong History
- PolyU Receives Donation from Lee Kum Kee Family Foundation
- HKUST Receives HK$5M Donation from Dr Hari N Harilela to Enhance Teaching & Research Excellence
- PolyU Receives Shun Hing’s Donation to Implement Campus-Wide Reading Programme
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Donates HK$8 Million to CUHK In Support of the Development of Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium
- HKUST Names Learning Commons After Chevalier Group
- Zhejiang University: Alumnus Hu Jiqiang Donated 10 Million Yuan to Zhejiang University
- Zhejiang University: Kangerda Made a Donation to Upgrade Kangerda Scholarship
- Kings College London unveils £20m law scholarship programme
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Joint Presentation Ceremony for Yu Pang-lin Scholarship
- Rich youngsters keen to spend on philanthropy
- Tycoon’s son gives £6m to UK university
- Tencent CEO Donates 13 Million to Build School
- Most US NGOs not registered
- Hong Kong Tan Zhao Charitable Fund Donated RMB 20 million yuan to Support the Development of Tsinghua
- Fashion house denies gift linked to cinema row
- China’s Biggest Philanthropist Puts America’s Biggest Philanthropist To Shame
- China’s Alibaba sets up foundation to protect environment
- Chi Mei founder donates museum to Tainan
- UnionPay makes donations for quake relief efforts
- Stanford, Harvard get $5.2 million for Buddhist studies
- Philanthropic donations reach 70 billion yuan in China
- One Billion Yuan In Donations From A Billionaire
- Li Ka Shing Foundation makes $1.5 million donation to boost Yale stem cell research
- Jackie Chan: Philanthropy’s Hardest Working Man
- It’s so much better to give
- Inauguration of Lee Kum Kee Philanthropy School in Sichuan
- Genting gives biggest cash donation for Sendong victims
- Dr. Albert Yeung Elected “Top 10 Philanthropists” for Three Consecutive Years
- Chinese real estate tycoon donates $6.2m to NUS
- China sets up 1st charity fund financed by stocks
- China billionaire donates NT$6.8 mil.
- BRIEF: UC Berkeley gets a $15 million gift for museum and college
- Rich Chinese Donating More Than Ever Before
- Gift Shows China Philanthropy Has Reached the Big Leagues; Charity Surges on the Mainland as Donations Fall in the U.S.; ‘Time for Us to Give,’ top Chinese Philanthropist Says
- Geely donates millions for quake relief in northwest China
- Glass tycoon plans to donate $920m in shares
- China philanthropy review for 2008
- Cathay Pacific’s ‘Change for Good’ raises another HK$10 million in 2008 to help the work of UNICEF
- BOC overseas business surges in face of global credit crisis
- A culture of giving can help our universities excel
- Top Philanthropists Donate $1.8B In 5 Years
- Tin Ka Ping Foundation Helps Fund HKUST development for the Third Time
- HKJC pledges HK$1b to support post-earthquake reconstruction in Sichuan
- Donation from Fong’s Industries Co., Ltd. – Supports HKU’s Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering
- Companies in China donate over 3.5 billion yuan for quake relief
- China Precision Steel’s Chairman and CEO to Donate $19.9 Million to the University of Hong Kong
- Charity group donates 410 mln yuan for reconstruction in quake zone
- IAS at HKUST Attracts a Major Gift from the US
- Hong Kong philanthropist Dr Li Ka-shing graces ceremony to name historic building in his honour at Bukit Timah Campus
- Hong Kong Entrepreneur endows new lecturership in Chinese history at Oxford University and Fellowship at Pembroke College
- For Want Of A Better Way To Donate
- China’s rich give back as philanthropy surges
- China’s rich are giving it away
- Asia’s richest man has big plans to transform giving in China. This big: $10 billion
- $400M Donation to Support HKUST’s Drive Towards World Class Excellence
- $2 million for new rez – Hong Kong philanthropist creates space for international students
- The thriving business of giving generously
- Hong Kong Philanthropist Pledges $4M for New UBC Residence, Cultural Centre
- Generous Hong Kong ahead in charity handouts
- Charity begins at home
Singapore Archives
TCM charity clinic gets $1m donation from Kenny Lim
Hokkien clan to boost fund for undergrads to $20m next year
Dr. Tahir donated S$1 million to collaborate on research of Medical schools from Singapore and Indonesia
Alibaba Executive Gives $30M to Yale Law School
Cogent opens world’s first integrated logistics hub – with an act of charity
Man of vision
Andrew’s election campaign boosted by Chinese donors
Educational charity widening its reach
More Wealthy Asians are discreetly turning into philanthropy
UOB donated S$16.6 million to local charities as part of its 80th anniversary
3 universities get S$33m from Teng Fong to collaborate with Chinese counterparts
Ng Teng Fong donated $33 million to fund programmes between three Singapore universities and Chinese universities
NAFA receives S$10m donation from Ngee Ann Kongsi
Anonymous donor makes donations for 17 years in east China
UOB pledged S$20 million for a S$50 million scholarship programme
Watch firm offers timely help worth $5m
Hedge fund manager: Danny Yong – gives $5 million to National Gallery Singapore
Ngee Ann Kongsi donated $9.53 million to Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Hong Leong Foundation donates S$400,000 to ACM
Singapore Badminton Association enjoys $500k boost
Two SMU alumni give $1m for endowment to spur entrepreneurship
Community Chest receives $5 million pledge from Resorts World Sentosa
CapitaLand to donate S$1.3m to charity
Temasek Cares committed S$12.2m in grants in FY2014/15
New $500,000 endowment for NTU engineering students
Ng Teng Fong’s family donates $20 million to National Gallery Singapore
Neo Garden partnered S’pore Swimming Association’s as its food and beverage sponsor
Arts patrons donated a record $53.8 million last year to the arts
Singapore Buddhist Lodge president Lee Bock Guan dies at age 70
Woon brothers do their bit for budding artists
Choo Chong Ngen donates S$2m to SMU to set up bursary for needy students
SUTD receives $1m boost with new Stephen Riady Innovation Fund
Crystal Jade Employees get proceeds from the $250 million sale of company
$2 million donation from Lian Seng Peng Estate
Cogent Holdings donates S$110,000 to ChildAid
Over $560,000 for Sabah quake fund
SPH and SPH Foundation donate $400,000 to Community Chest
Eurokars donated hundreds of thousands to mark Singapore’s Golden Jubilee
More opening up their purses for charity
Lim Jia Pei, received the Ong Hin Tiang PhD Scholarship in Cancer Research at NUS
Stephen Riady Group of Foundations donate S$1M to NTU’s Earth Observatory of Singapore
PSA International donates S$1.5m for new St Luke’s ElderCare facilities
A Construction company Excel Precast Pte Ltd builds hope with bursary
Parkway Pantai gift establishes professorship in medicine and healthy ageing
The Khoo family donates S$1 million to National University of Singapore
Anonymous donor gave S$10 M for Natural History Museum of Singapore
Singtel donates S$20m to National Gallery Singapore
Fung Foundation Sets Up SGD$3 Million Fund With NUS for ‘The Fung Clinical Fellowship’ Programme
Pang Chin Keong pledged SGD $20,000 to motivate SEA Games athletes
Hokkien clan to give $120k to needy uni students
Tan Chade-Meng on the wisdom of creating a ‘jolly good’ workplace
Giving back to the museums
Teh Tarik pulls in $84k for charity
Mission row raises $500,000 for charity
Tang Holdings gives $1M to charity
Lien Foundation spending over $2M on gym machines for seniors
Peggy Goh set up Khoo Chwee Neo Foundation
Mr Ma On May and Mr Ma Wong Ching bid S$500,000 at UOB’s charity auction
David Liao gives over $100k to production of Teahouse
The Lien Foundation and Khoo Chwee Neo Foundation donated $5 million each to a new home for the elderly
DBS Bank to commit S$100 million to support social entrepreneurship and reward its employees
Tony Chew and Jimmy Koh believe that giving back is an obligation.
Online donation portal SG Gives collects more than $13 million for needy in Singapore
Alibaba Pledges $130 Million to Support Hong Kong Youth Startups
Alibaba Group Backs Young Hong Kong Entrepreneurs
S$2 M fund from Mothercare and Government to assist NIE students
Madam Chung Khin Chun’s new will, leaves fortune to charity
Clan group gives almost $1m to centre
Ngee Ann Kongsi makes $7.97m donation to Ngee Ann Polytechnic
$5 million to boost new fund to help S’poreans master skills
Charities get $2.5 million boost from SIA
$100 million endowment to honour Rajaratnam
HSBC donated S$422,360 to ChildAid
$52m donation to boost patient care
Mr Mohamed Abdul Jaleel donates $500,000 to ST fund
Tan family donated 1 million to the new Tan Siak Kew-NUS scholarship
$1.11 million memorial fund to honour late NUS professor Leong Siew Ming
$2.12 million donation for Daisy Phay Foundation
Ngee Ann Kongsi makes $7.97m donation to Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Mr Muhammad Alagil gives $3m to NUS
Professorship in ophthalmology launched
United Kingdom: LSE to set up Southeast Asia Center
DBS Bank and Keppel Corporation donates to the National Gallery Singapore.
Peter Lim donates S$3m to NTU for peace studies professorship ; Govt will match gift dollar-for-dollar for S$6m total endowment
Hong Leong Foundation lends the needy a hand
Goh Foundation donates $50m to cancer centre
SG Gives raises more than $11m for charity in 2013
Saudi businessman donates S$3 mln to establish new professorship in Arab Asia studies at NUS
DBS Bank donates SGD25 million to National Gallery Singapore
3,000 needy families to benefit from NTUC charity’s S$1m donation
Want to be a philanthropist? Give $1,000 a year
NTUC FairPrice and foundation sponsor $5m for SEA Games
Alibaba’s Co-Founders Charitable Trusts Valued at Roughly $3 Billion
Businessman paves way for return of relics kept in Norway
Cambridge University’s China funding row: ‘Foreign donations must be regulated’
A new lifeline
China
Asia Society Hong Kong Center Receives $12.9 Million from Robert Miller
GOH Foundation Donates A Total of $50 Million in Support of the National Cancer Centre Singapore
‘Doing what’s right’ \ Chinese oil giant pumps record donation into Calgary Public Library
Heritage now hip, thanks to Koh
Faculty of Science at National University of Singapore receives S$1m donation to enhance life science research
SG Gives website gets record $8.5m in 2012 donations
President’s Challenge 2013 launched with $1.5m donation
Tsao Foundation gives NUS $750k for ageing study
$400,000 raised for Yong’s fund
CapitaLand donates $500,000 to improve kids’ nutrition
S’pore mosques raise over S$142,000 for Haiyan victims
Changi Airport Group donates $360k to Pocket Money Fund
NUS college named after couple who gave big donation
LKCMedicine receives S$20 mln donation from Toh Kian Chui Foundation
New building at NUS’ UTown named after tycoon
SMU names counselling centre after donor
National University of Singapore: Donations to Spur Cancer and Ageing Research
live; Million-$ gifts from the heart
Singapore: Tote Board Social Service Fund Receives a $301.9 Million Boost
Developer gives $1m to Ren Ci
Heritage heroes lauded for giving to the arts
Keppel donates S$12m to National Art Gallery
Bringing sunshine to more lives
NUS, SUTD raise S$200m in donations
S’pore varsities raise US$156m in honour of Lee Kuan Yew
Businessman honoured for contributions to less fortunate
Businessman leaves £16m to help others attend his old school
Han Suyin lives on in translation scholarship
The Long Interview [Change-Makers]; Entrepreneur wants a life rich in giving
$200m arts fund to help drive sustainability
SingTel donates over 1.7 million Philippine Pesos towards disaster relief efforts for Typhoon Haiyan
Ngee Ann Polytechnic receives S$7.1m donation
Private-sector donors pledge millions for Typhoon Haiyan relief
Giving while living the growing trend of hands-on philanthropy
SRC raises S$3.8m in donations for typhoon victims
$4.6m raised in S’pore for typhoon victims
Philanthropist pledges $1m to Assisi Hospice
Global Indian Foundation (GIF), donates S$1 million to Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) for customized tuition curriculum towards the Singapore Indian Community.
Blackstone chairman to set up China scholarship
A social experiment
Dr. Della Suantio Lee and the D.S. Lee Foundation donates $2.777 million to SMU
Grant in tribute to music pioneer
Singapore,United States : The Jones Day Foundation establishes Professorship of Commercial Law at Singapore Management University
New wing for Asian Civilisations Museum ; Museum receives largest single donation of S$5m; extension expected to open doors in 2015
Singapore Red Cross collects $35.7 mln aid for Japan quake, tsunami victims
Children’s Society award recognises big donors
Tycoon’s birthday gift to ComChest
New LSE centre to be named after don
Oei Hong Leong donates $250,000 to ST fund
Man donates $1m to NKF
$2.8m donation to help SMU students
National University of Singapore: Stephen Riady Group of Foundations Donates SGD 25 Million to National University of Singapore
Asia Pacific Breweries donates $1m to NKF
LKY Fund for Bilingualism backs proposals to develop learning resources for pre-schoolers
SPH donated over $4m to community this year
Donor’s gift that keeps on living
S$2 Million Scholarship Fund Set Up For Yong Loo Lin School Of Medicine
NUS to get almost $50m to honour J.Y. Pillay
My turn to give back ; Two decades after he left, Dunearn boy Kelvin Ang set up a book award for the school’s students, in honour of his humanities subject teachers
Indian Heritage Centre gets $1 million donation
Computers given to schools in poor area
Clan association donates $3m to SUTD
A Life Less Painful
Woman donates S$1m to Japan quake victims
UOB head gives $3m to business school
SPH donates $3m, raises over $6m for charity
SingTel Donates 2 Million Baht to Thailand’s Flood Relief Efforts
Singapore tops in philanthropy
Prof’s $30m gift for new NUS school
Mystery donor for dinosaur fund revealed
Miller gives education efforts a $5m booster
Li & Fung Scholarships Established at NUS Business School to Fund Student Exchange Programmes
Lee Foundation makes $150 million gift to NTU’s new medical school
Faces Of 2012: Peter Lim; Savvy deal-maker
BRIEF: UC Berkeley gets a $15 million gift for museum and college
Singapore Varsity Town Receives $15 Million Donation
Wee family sets up charity foundation
Thank you, arts donors
Temple gets secret donations
SMU gets $1m gift for research, scholarships
Singaporean honours US couple who ‘adopted’ him
Larger tax deductions for donations; extra funding to charities
Koh Boon Hwee to give $2m to education causes
Hong Leong Foundation gives $5m to museum
Giving back to alma mater
Donor gives holiday home to hospice
Building up others in time of need
27-year-old pledges $100k to help students
$500k relief on preschool fees
$12m gift for leukaemia research
Cathay Pacific’s ‘Change for Good’ raises another HK$10 million in 2008 to help the work of UNICEF
BOC overseas business surges in face of global credit crisis
A culture of giving can help our universities excel
Tycoon gives $5m to NTU
Singapore investment company donates $1 mln to quake-hit China
SGX chief donates shares
Raffles Education CEO sets up $100m foundation and gets his kids involved
$5.45b That’s how much donors gave to charities in 2006
Lippo Group donates $21m to NUS Business School
Duke-NUS medical school gets $80m boost
Asia’s richest man has big plans to transform giving in China. This big: $10 billion
$400M Donation to Support HKUST’s Drive Towards World Class Excellence
$2 million for new rez – Hong Kong philanthropist creates space for international students
Surprise! Charities drew record $644m last year
