Shi Ming Yi

Ming Yi
School	Mahayana
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Nationality	Singaporean
Senior posting
Title	Venerable Shi Ming Yi

Ven. Shi Ming Yi (Chinese: 释明义; birth name Goh Kah Heng; born 1962) is a Buddhist monk from Singapore.

Venerable Shi Ming Yi has been the abbot of Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery in Singapore. In September 1994, Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery, under the leadership of Ming Yi, established the 175-bed Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre for chronically ill patients among the poor and needy. In 1996, the Singapore government awarded the Public Service Medal to Ming Yi in recognition of his contributions to the country. In September 1998, the hospital established its affiliate, Ren Ci Day Care Centre for the Elderly. In 1999, Foo Hai Ch'an Monastery took over the management of 270 beds in 11 single-storey wards which were formerly part of . It organised fund raising activities such as concerts with such luminaries as Andy Lau, Liza Wang, Adam Cheng, Roman Tam, and Frances Yip who performed for free. Ming Yi took over the abbotship of the Kun Chung Temple in Hong Kong, the Kwan Inn Temple in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, and the vice-chairmanship of the affiliated Heung Hoi Ching Kok Lin Association.

On 7 October 2009, Ming Yi was convicted of four charges of conspiracy, misuse of funds and forgery and sentenced to 10 months in jail, reduced on appeal to 6 months. The Public Service Medal awarded in 1996 was then removed by the President of Singapore, S R Nathan, subsequent to Shi Ming Yi's conviction and imprisonment for conspiracy, misuse of funds and forgery with effect from 23 May 2011.

Ming Yi received his Masters in Healthcare Management from the University of Wales.

It was reported that the venerable claimed to hold a PhD in Philosophy that was awarded by "Mannin University" in Ireland, a university whose existence could not be verified. Ming Yi's spokesman commented that the research degree was undertaken through distance learning and that the monk never visited the university.

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