HKUST Lecture Theatre Named

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[evdate 1992-05-27] THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong. Facsimile No. Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Chia-Wei Woo, BS, MA, PhD

For immediate release 27 May 1992

HKUST Lecture Theatre Named

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today announced acceptance of a $5 million donation from the Lam Woo Foundation. A 300-seat lecture theatre will be named in honour of the donation, and Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Directors, Dr LAM Chik Suen, has chosen to name the theatre the Lam Woo Lecture Theatre. The donation will be used to support general teaching and research at the University.

Mr LAM Woo, in whose honour the Foundation was established and named, was a prominent industrialist and philanthropist in Hong Kong in the early 1900s. Born in Guangdong, the late Mr Lam eventually settled in Hong Kong and here established the successful construction company Lam Woo & Co.

Throughout his life Mr Lam actively supported educational institutions and particularly strove to increase educational opportunities for women. He played a prominent role in reviving Lingnan University and, in his home village in Guangdong, he established a number of primary schools, one of which was for girls. In addition, he made charitable donations to many institutions--both schools and hospitals-in China and Hong Kong.

The Lam Woo Foundation is administered by Mr Lam's descendants and continues his tradition of supporting education. The donation to HKUST confirms the Foundation's commitment to tertiary teaching and research in Hong Kong.

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