Lim Por Yen
| 林百欣 Lim Por-yen |
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| Born |
21 December 1914 Chaoyang, Guangdong, China |
| Died | 18 February 2005 (aged 90) Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Founder of the Lai Sun Group Chairman Emeritus of Asia Television |
| Known for | Lai Sun Group |
| Spouse(s) | Lai Yuen-fong U Po-chu Gu Shui-ying Choy Yim-yu(divorce) |
| Children | 8 |
| Parent(s) | 林献之 (father) |
| Relatives |
Peter Lam (son) Pearl Lam (daughter) |
Lim Por-yen (Chinese: 林百欣; pinyin: Lín Bǎixīn; b. ca. 1914 – d. 18 February 2005) was a Hong Kong industrialist. He founded the Lai Sun Group (麗新集團), and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television (ATV, free-to-air TV licence expired on 1 April 2016).
Lim Por-yen was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong, and moved to Hong Kong with his father in 1931.
In 1945, and started a factory manufacturing garments in Sham Shui Po for export. Lim earned himself the nickname of "African King" in the 1950s when he exported cheap military uniforms to African countries. His company, Lai Sun Garment, was founded in 1947, and later listed on the .
He successfully diversified into real estate in 1987 when he set up another vehicle, Lai Sun Development. In the same year, Lai Sun acquired the Crocodile Garments business.
Deeply attached to his hometown and mainland China, he would start a massive program of donations in the 1980s. He founded four secondary schools in Shantou. In 1994, he would found a technical college there with a donation of ¥35 million, and endowed Shantou City Education Foundation with a further ¥10 million. He is said to have made in excess of ¥700 million in donations to causes throughout China, of which Shantou's share was more than half. He has been a supported of education in Hong Kong by setting up several schools.
He also donated to the University of Hong Kong's SARS Fund and helped to establish the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole. His support of the HKU Foundation and to the university in general over the years earned him an honorary fellowship in 2003. Lim also endowed an Eye Genetics Research Center (named after him) at the CUHK in 2004.
Lim was an Hong Kong Affairs Adviser to Beijing. He also served on the Preparatory Committee and Selection Committee of the SAR. He was a founding member of the Better Hong Kong Foundation.
Lim was implicated in the largest bribery scandal in Taiwan at the time. Lim was arrested by Taiwan's Bureau of Investigation on accusations that he offered NT$200 million in bribes to several officials of the Taipei County Land Administration Bureau, including its former director.
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