Planned Giving
HKU receives HK$100 million from the Philip K.H. Wong Foundation to support Faculty of Law and university developments
June 2022 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce that, in recognition of the generous support of the Philip K.H. Wong Foundation and the Wong family throughout the years, the Faculty of Law’s Centre for Chinese Law will be named the “Philip KH Wong Centre for Chinese Law (黃乾亨中國法研究中心) ”, and a 300-seat …
An Extraordinary Ordinary Woman – Ms Mok Sau‐King
Ms Mok Sau-King 莫秀琼 (BA 1956; DipEd 1957) started her career as an Assistant Education Officer, rising to Principal Lecturer at Colleges of Education across Hong Kong. She devoted her entire life to bettering the education system and her enthusiasm for education continued to burn brightly through her legacy gift to the University.
His Legacy Lives on – Dr Robert Tam Yik-Fong
January 2021 Born in 1902, Dr Robert Tam 譚益芳 (BA 1930, Hon University Fellow 1996, Hon DSocSc 1998) grew up in turbulent times, with little hope of being able to afford university education. Yet, he was fortunate to receive a government scholarship to study Arts at HKU, where he spent some of his happiest years and forged …
A Guiding Voice Lives On
August 2018 Four years after he passed away, the executors of Professor Ian Davies’ bequest announced the establishment of a Professorship of Ethics in his name. Dr Gordon Chiu 趙啟聰 (BDS 1987; MDS 1989), speaking on behalf of Professor Davies’ executor Ms Maggie Crosswaite, said that “Ian was adamant regarding his wishes on the establishment …
Loving tribute honours a friend’s legacy
June 2018 In loving memory of Mrs Tessy Cheng Grove (莊真莊, 1962-2013), her friends, as executors of her will, fulfilled her wish in making a gift in support of cancer research.Tessy moved to Hong Kong at the age of 19 to start her life in the city she would make her home. She worked for …
A tribute made in loving memory
Sept 2017 In loving memory of Mr Choi Kim-Kwong (1951 – 2012), who passed away at the age of 61 from lung cancer, his daughter Ms Athena Choi Hoi-Shuen and older brother Mr Choi Kim-Lui (BSocSc 1972) made a gift to the University in 2015 to establish the Choi Kim Kwong Service Learning Fund (蔡劍光志願服務基金). Mr …
A Legacy Gift Supporting Medical and Health Sciences Education
Jan 2016 The “Bau Tsu Zung Bau Kwan Yeu Hing Scholarships” (鮑志成鮑關柔馨獎學金) have been established with a HK$100 million bequest from the estate of the late Dr Maurice Bau Man-Kwong to nurture the leaders of tomorrow. The Scholarships were named in memory of his parents, Dr & Mrs Bau Tsu Zung. The late Dr Bau …
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Alumni Family Contributes a Legacy Gift
July 2015 “Knowledge can change one’s life.” That was the belief of the late Mr Yang Tuck-Ming and Mrs Yang Wong Fung-Ying. Despite being blue-collar workers who did not receive much schooling, they had a strong faith in the importance of education. They worked very hard to support their family, giving their children the liberty …
Mr Yao Ling-Sun’s Bequest Benefits Students of Lap-Chee College
July 2014 The University of Hong Kong has received a bequest of HK$27.7 million from the late Mr Yao Ling-Sun, as a legacy to benefit future generations. Mr Yao Ling-Sun, a local pioneer in the construction industry, was born in Shanghai in 1912. He passed away in October 2007 at the age of 95. Throughout …
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