Never Ask for Reward

Mr. Lim enjoyed high reputation throughout his life. In 2005 the Chinese Academy of Science’s Purple Mountain Observatory re-named a minor planet (serial No. 5539) as the Lim Por-yen Planet as to cherish the memorial of his great contribution to the educational, economic and cultural development of China and Hong Kong. That was in recognition of his life long dedication to China, to social welfare and to scientific education.

 

Mr. Lim once told members of the media: “Time flies like a horse and people’s life can be rather short. That’s why we should do more good things for our nation and the public, and keep on doing it without stopping. Back in my home-town Swatow, I never made any investment, nor earned any profit. But money that I made from outside should be more often donated to help the elder people back home………Anyone who wants to live fully should always be deeply concerned with the public’s illness and difficulties, and that will bring him a much fuller life.” From these simple sentences, we can clearly see the energy source of Mr. Lim’s life-long charity work and his devotion to the entire country and his homeland.

 

To the society, Mr. Lim has made enormous contribution. The supreme spirit of “Talk on cultivation but not about reciprocation” and his attitude of “Never say about rest, but keep on seeing charity as the best” will keep shining forever in the sky like the Lim Por-yen Planet.

 

 

 

Photo: It is from a set of photographs entitled “The sound of the blooming flowers”, taken by Mr. Cheng Chi-hoi, an arts teacher of Chiuyang Lim Por-yen Secondary School. He was looking at the world in the eyes of the children, and saw that each and everyone can accomplish what he really wants to do. That really is a kind of fortune. Nobody would ask it when a city is full of blooming flowers, just as people always keep silent about one’s own bitterness of success. The truth is: there is the sound when flowers bloom, but one has to listen very carefully.

 

 

 

Munsang College

 

In November 1956, Munsang College tried to raise funds for building extra classrooms by selling lucky-draw tickets. In support, Lim Por-yen donated a new car as the prize for the top winner. In May 1965, he donated $10,000 for the construction of a new school gate at Inverness Road. In 1968, in memory of his mother, Mr. Lim donated $10,000 to set up a scholarship called “The Late Mrs. Lim Lee Sui-sang Memorial Award”. He later donated $1,100,000 in support of the renovation of the grand-hall of the College. When the construction was completed, Mr. Lim officiated, the opening ceremony on 21/12/1982, and the hall was formally named as Lim Por-yen Hall. In 1986, when Munsang College celebrated its 60th Anniversary, Mr. Lim and 5 other high-reputation alumni were unanimously elected as Permanent Presidents of Munsang College Alumni Association. In 1992, Mr. Lim donated another sum of $1,500,000 in support of the school’s building expansion.

 

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On 29th May 1993, as a token of appreciation of Mr. Lim’s continuous support for the school’s expansion, Munsang College renamed the building facing the front entrance as Lim Por-yen Building, and Mr. Lim personally officiated the ceremony.
  
In 1994, Lim Por-yen donated HK$500,000 to sponsor the fund-raising campaign for Munsang College History Museum. On the 8th of March 1996-the College’s 70th Anniversary- the College held a series of celebration events and organized the opening ceremony of the History Museum by Mr. Lim Por-yen and Mrs. Lim U Po-Chu. In 1999, Lim Por-yen donated $500,000 for the opening of the Hong Kong Island Munsang College.

 

Lim Por Yen Film Theatre

 

Mr. Lim donated 3 million Hong Kong dollars to support Hong Kong Art Centre to promote its work in culture and art. To express the Centre’s gratitude, the cinema house in the Centre was named Lim Por-yen Theatre.