Philanthropy
As Deputy Chairman of the Lee Foundation, Lee also supports education, particularly higher education, around the world through personal donations towards building libraries and reading rooms, as well as supporting the acquisition of published resources for some of the most famous libraries in the world, which include the Needham Research Institute at the University of Cambridge and the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. He was named an honorary fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals for his philanthropic support of libraries worldwide.
In China, Lee's support for the Chinese Chess Association has included the Lee Seng Tee Library at the Chess Academy in Beijing, the ST Lee Beijing International Open, and the Lee Seng Tee Cup (李成智杯). Other projects include the Lee Seng Tee Public Library (李成智公众图书馆) in Nan'an City, Fujian, where his father was born.
Lee also funds projects and lecture series at universities, including Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom, Columbia University, Harvard University, Stanford University and the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in the United States, the University of Sydney in Australia, the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The S.T. Lee Lectures provide a platform for scholars and policy-makers to address critical international issues.
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