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Mr Liu Sheng Chien, Richard
A distinguished
entrepreneur, Mr Liu Sheng Chien, Richard is currently Chairman of Superior
Holdings Limited. Mr Liu graduated from the Department of Business Administration
of Taiwan University in 1970.
Mr Liu has made remarkable contribution
to the advancement of manufacturing and commerce in Hong Kong.
He is also a keen supporter of social, educational and cultural activities
both locally and overseas. Mr Liu is a member of the Board of Trustees
of New Asia College of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A respectable
philanthropist, Mr Liu has given his generous support to various universities
in mainland China and overseas with an aim to promote social sciences, humanities,
and education. Mr Liu has also been active in promoting Chinese literature
and Chinese culture. Over the years, Mr Liu has shown keen interest
in the development of secondary and primary education in Hong Kong.
He has on several occasions made and helped the Chinese University raise
multi-million dollar donations for the nurturing of talents and the promotion
of academic exchanges. Mr Liu generously sponsored the First and Second
Global Youth Chinese Literary Awards for the New Century, a new worldwide
literary award organized by the Faculty of Arts of the Chinese University,
and became the title sponsor of the Award. A number of scholarships
have also been set up at the University with his generous support.
They include the Dr Tien Chang Lin Technology Innovation Foundation Scholarships
and the Richard Liu Foundation Scholarships of New Asia College, as well
as a fund to support programmes and activities for improving the primary
and secondary education system of Hong Kong spearheaded by the University’s
Faculty of Education.
A staunch supporter of cultural and
education enterprises in China, Mr Liu has contributed tremendously to the
development and management of manpower resources on the mainland. He
is currently Member of the Hong Kong Policy Research Institute Limited, Chairman
of an education fund on Chinese-Euro cultures and education in Belgium, as
well as a cultural consultant of Tianjin Municipality in mainland China.
Since 2001, Mr Liu has supported the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific
Studies of the Chinese University to organize manpower management training
programmes for the Tianjin municipal government. He has also provided
the necessary funds and connections for officials in Shanghai and Tianjin
Municipalities to attend courses in law, politics and commerce in the University
of California, Berkeley campus in the United States and at the same time
for master’s students of Berkeley to pay visits to the mainland.
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