Late Lim Goh Tong left RM9.5m for many charities

Saturday April 5, 2008
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Late Lim Goh Tong left RM9.5m for many charities

GENTING HIGHLANDS: The late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong had set aside RM9.5mil to be donated to various medical, educational and charitable organisations before he passed away last October.

Yesterday, his family members presented cheques to the beneficiaries in conjunction with the launch of the Lim Goh Tong Memorial Hall here.

His son Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay said although his father was not physically present at the event, his legacy lived on.

“We want to cherish all the good memories of a great man and celebrate his lifetime legacy of achievements, year after year,” he said, adding that the event was held on the birth date of senior Lim.

At the event, the Genting Group chairman announced that its subsidiary Resorts World Bhd would launch two scholarship funds, each worth RM1mil, for Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman.

“Genting Bhd and Asiatic Development Bhd have also proposed the establishment of two special endowment funds of RM1mil each for Universiti Malaya and Universiti Putra Malaysia, respectively,” he said.

Kok Thay said another RM2mil was donated to Yayasan Lim, a family foundation which Goh Tong set up in 1978 to contribute regularly to medical and educational institutions, old folks’ homes and other charitable organisations.

“Meanwhile, Genting Bhd will present RM500,000 to the Malaysian Institute of Management to continue our support towards the MIM library known as the Genting Group Resource Centre,” he said.