NUS nhận được hai món quà với tổng trị giá 8 triệu đô la Singapore

Two gifts totalling S$8 million made recently to NUS by Mr Lin Tah Hwa will give a big push to translational research in mental health as well as attracting and retaining top academic talent in private law. 

The Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre was launched by Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Mr Teo Chee Hean (second from right) as the Guest-of-Honour. He was accompanied by NUS Chairman Mr Hsieh Fu Hua (extreme left), Mr Lin Tah Hwa (second from left), and Dr Cheong Choong Kong (extreme right). (Photo: NUS Medicine)

Promoting vital research to improve mental health of Singaporeans 

The NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) received a gift of S$6 million to enhance the work of the Mind Science Centre, an academic centre under the School. In recognition of the generous gift, the Centre has been named the Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre, in memory of Mr Lin’s late mother. 

Mr Hsieh Fu Hua, Chairman of the NUS Board of Trustees, highlighted that the Centre has grown from strength to strength as a result of the generosity of many who had given their time and resources to building the Centre’s mission. “We have been fortunate to have gathered many ardent supporters to ensure that the Centre’s work would be sustainable to deliver long-term impact. Our sincere gratitude goes to Mr Lin Tah Hwa who has made a generous gift of S$6 million to help the Centre build an endowment that will provide a tremendous springboard towards strengthening mental health resilience in Singapore,” he said. 

Mr Lin said, “The naming of the Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre is (my mother’s) humble gift to charity and society. It is in line with the values that she imparted to me – to always remember to help others less fortunate than ourselves, to have a sense of gratitude to the community and country when we have good fortune, and to always know the joy of giving something back to our fellow human beings when the time comes. These are the values my mother taught me during her life, and these are the values I hope, by example, to impart to others now that she is gone.” 

The Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Centre was launched on 5 May 2023, and Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Mr Teo Chee Hean attended the event as the Guest-of-Honour. 

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