June 10, 2014
SINGAPORE — Fresh off his purchase of Spanish football club Valencia just weeks ago, Mr Peter Lim, a Singaporean billionaire, has donated S$3 million to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for a new professorship in peace studies.
SINGAPORE — Fresh off his purchase of Spanish football club Valencia just weeks ago, Mr Peter Lim, a Singaporean billionaire, has donated S$3 million to the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for a new professorship in peace studies.
The university announced yesterday that the Peter Lim Professorship in Peace Studies will be based at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
NTU said the donation will help fund a top global expert who can lead the development of the school’s peace studies curriculum and research strategies as part of its new Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) programme, launched on the same day. The Government will match the gift dollar-for-dollar, bringing the endowment to S$6 million in total.
Mr Lim was not present at the cheque presentation ceremony, which was witnessed by President Tony Tan, who is also the chancellor of the university.
An NTU statement quoted Mr Lim as saying that he hoped the endowment will bring Singapore peace and harmony. “We have enjoyed decades of peace because of the harmonious relations among Singapore’s different communities. But the world’s many conflicts remind us that we cannot take this peace for granted. I hope that my donation can bring together distinguished scholars and thought leaders to study how we can be one step closer to protecting and promoting the harmony in our country,” the businessman said. ~CHANNEL NEWSASIA
