Description: Li Ka Shing Foundation supports projects that promote social progress through expanding access to quality education and medical services and research, encouraging cultural diversity and community involvement.
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HK$150 million to support the Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s research funding; HK$5 million to support the Hong Kong Academy of Nursing in promoting the continuing education of specialist nurses.
We give priority to healthcare and education projects that fit with our philanthropic mission and vision.
We believe in philanthropy with societal impact. Since 1980, we have been helping to reform education and further medical research. To date, Mr Li Ka-shing has invested over HK$30 billion in projects covering education, medical services, charity and anti-poverty programmes, with about 80% of the projects in Mainland China and Hong Kong. In 1981, Mr. Li Ka-shing founded Shantou University (STU), a key comprehensive university in Guangdong Province and the only privately funded public institution in the count