Runme Shaw

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Tan Sri Dr Runme Shaw (1901 - 1985) was Chairman and Founder of the Shaw Organisation of Singapore. He was born in Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, China.

Runme Shaw was a philanthropist who started the Shaw Foundation, a charitable organization which donated money to many schools. Indeed, many schools such as Maris Stella High School and Anglo-Chinese School have a part of the building named after the Shaw Foundation.

[edit] Personal honors

For his contributions to society and the arts, Runme Shaw received many awards including the Panglima Mangku Negara by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. This award gave him the title Tan Sri, an honorific which is the second most senior in the system of Malay titles. Runme Shaw also received a Doctor of Letters by the National University of Singapore.

[edit] See also

• Brothers, Sir Run Run Shaw and Runde Shaw
• Cinema of Hong Kong
• Shaw House and Centre

[edit] References

• Shaw Foundation, The Shaw Story, 2001. Accessed 7 Nov 2006.