介绍:
Tin Ka-Ping, a distinguished Hong Kong entrepreneur and a philanthropist who had donated hundreds of millions of dollars to support education, passed away at the age of 99.
He had been devoted completely to philanthropy over the past few decades with the establishment of the Tin Ka Ping Foundation in 1982, donating generously to various projects in China covering education, culture, medical services, infrastructure and social welfare services.
Born in 1919 in Guangdong Province, Tin established his business in Southeast Asia. He founded the Tin Ka Ping Foundation with the aim of supporting educational cause. Tin liked to say, “The future of China lies in education.” His idea is that if a country wants to be strong, it must have high quality and educated people.
Tin donated an enormous amount of money to schools in China. He funded 323 kindergartens, schools and universities, more than 1,800 rural libraries, 29 hospitals, and about 130 bridges and roads, from Hainan to Xinjiang, so Tin was called “Father of Hundreds of Schools”!
