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        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.