(from left to right) Ms See E'jin, Chief Development Officer, NTU; Ms Chan Lai Fung, NTU LKCMedicine Governing Board Chair; Prof Ho Teck Hua, President, NTU; Mr Sim Hoay Cheok; Madam Goh Swoon Keow, Mr Sim's wife; Professor Joseph Sung, NTU Senior Vice President (Health & Life Sciences) and Dean of NTU LKCMedicine; and Dr Serene Ng, Chief Operating Officer, NTU LKCMedicine.
The Sim Foundation, a philanthropic organisation set up by businessman Mr Sim Hoay Cheok, has pledged $15 million to NTU Singapore that will bolster the University's efforts in delivering transformative healthcare through education and research.
For a start, the gift will strengthen NTU Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine's capacity to deliver exceptional medical education and advance its research enterprise, by leveraging artificial intelligence in medicine and technology to deliver better healthcare outcomes and develop meaningful medical breakthroughs for patients.
Much of Mr Sim's giving is deeply motivated by the late Dr Lee Kong Chian, a pioneering philanthropist in Singapore known for his unwavering commitment to education. While a student at The Chinese High School, Mr Sim learnt that the Kuo Chuan Library at the school was built with donations from Dr Lee in his father's name, sparking off his own desire to give back to society.
In recognition of the Foundation's generosity, NTU held a ceremony to name the LKCMedicine medical library the "Sim Hoay Cheok - Sim Foundation Library".
This latest gift builds on Mr Sim and the Foundation's enduring support for NTU, which began in 2013 through scholarships for students at LKCMedicine and NTU's Chinese Medicine programme.
