14 Facts About Lim Por-yen

Lim Por-yen founded the Lai Sun Group, and his family was the biggest shareholder of Asia Television.

Lim Por-yen moved to Hong Kong with his father in 1931.

In 1935, Lim Por-yen returned to Shantou and worked as an apprentice at Jiacheng Bank, a local bank in Shantou.

Lim Por-yen earned himself the nickname of "African King" in the 1950s when he exported cheap military uniforms to African countries.

Lim Por-yen has been a supporter of education in Hong Kong by setting up several schools.

Lim Por-yen donated to the University of Hong Kong's SARS Fund and helped to establish the Jao Tsung-I Petite Ecole.

Lim Por-yen endowed an Eye Genetics Research Center at the CUHK in 2004.

Lim Por-yen served on the Preparatory Committee and Selection Committee of the SAR.

Lim Por-yen was a founding member of the Better Hong Kong Foundation.

Lim Por-yen was implicated in the largest bribery scandal in Taiwan at the time.

Lim Por-yen owned some land originally slated for farming and industrial use.

Lim Por-yen is alleged to have bribed officials to rezone the land.

Lim Por-yen's second wife, U Po-chu, is a 50-year veteran of the garment industry and is a non-executive director of Lai Sun Garment.

Lim Por-yen died on 18 February 2005 at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam, from a lung infection; he was in his 90s.