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Lim Por-yen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lim Por-yen ( Chinese : 林百欣; pinyin: Lín BǎixÄ«n) ( 1914– February 18, 2005) was a Hong Kong media tycoon and banker. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lim_Por-yen

Observer Concubines' rights tested in £73m case Lim Por-yen, 90, claims he lent around £41 million to his former concubine Koo Siu-ying, 66, in a series of 60 payments between 1994 and 2001. Lim disagrees that the couple were ever married and took further legal action to try and prevent Koo's lawyers from describing her as his 'third wife'. At the centre of the Lim and Koo case is whether a concubine should be treated as a wife, acceptable under Chinese tradition but alien to the former colony's British legal system, which is based on monogamous marriage. observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5024689-102275,00.html

HK tycoon Lim Por-yen passes away at 93 HK tycoon Lim Por-yen passes away at 93 Lim began his career in Hong Kong as a garment manufacturer and founded Lai Sun in 1947 that later developed into a conglomerate, encompassing real estate, hotels, media and entertainment. Lim was convicted in 1999 for paying US$4.1 million as bribes to officials in Taiwan to gain at least 900 million Taiwan dollars (US$28.6 million) through a land deal. www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-02/20/content_417691.htm

Taipei Times - archives Hong Kong media tycoon Lim Por yen (ªLʪY), who was previously sentenced to three years and two months this February on charges of bribery, was yesterday handed a reduced prison sentence in Taiwan's High Court, due to what the court said was his full confession during the investigation into the case. Though maintaining Lim's guilt on the two charges, the high court decided to cut one year of Lim's jail term yesterday on a legal provision that anyone convicted for giving bribes to a public official may have their punishment reduced for confessions given during investigations or trials. Lim, who did not come to Taiwan to hear the ruling, spelled out his dissent at his conviction in Hong Kong yesterday. www.taipeitimes.com /News/archives/1999/11/06/0000009599/print

The Standard - Judge says spare no expense in concubine case - Business Section Lim is suing Koo for the return of what he says was a HK$574 million loan, which with interest he claims totals HK$1,071 million. According to Lim, the money was only ever a loan to Koo and Highfit Development Limited, a company controlled by Koo and their daughter Pear Ling Ming-chu. Lim objected to her describing herself as his third wife. www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Business/FI22Ae01.html

10-11 Lim Por Yen is a controlling shareholder of the Company and a shareholder of Lai Fung in his own right. Lim Por Yen has also irrevocably undertaken to Lai Fung and the Underwriter to take up his entitlement, representing a total of 23,031,200 new Shares under the Rights Issue at a price of HK$0.10 per Rights Share on the basis of one Rights Share for every four Shares held on the Record Date. Lim Por Yen is also an executive director of both the Company and Lai Fung. www.asiawind.com /pub/hksr/news/040608/10-11

Foreign investment in realty to be restricted If the MOI decides to adopt the move, it is expected to torpedo a plan by Hong Kong magnate Lim Por-yen, chairman of the Hong Kong-based Asia Television and leader of the Lai Sun Development, to purchase 10 housing units in Taipei County. Lim was indicted for bribing a former director of the land administration department of the Taipei County Government, in a realty development project. MOI officials said that although the government has already permitted foreign and overseas Chinese individuals to invest in real estate properties for their own use, it has also taken measures to prevent speculation on realty assets. www.taiwanheadlines.com /19991206/19991206b3.html

09-48 Lim by virtue of the Deed of Assignment; ``LSD'' Lai Sun Development Company Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange; ``LSG'' Lai Sun Garment (International) Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, the shares of which are listed on the Stock Exchange; ``Mr. Lim and LSG whereby the Loan Note is supplemented and amended to the effect that LSG shall have the right at any time after the date of the Loan Note to prepay the Loan or any amount thereof and undertakes further to prepay a sum of HK$200 million to Mr. Lim), Madam Lai Yuen Fong (being a spouse of Mr. www.asiawind.com /pub/hksr/news/020726/09-48

HK property, TV tycoon dies at 93_life_English_SINA.com Lim sold his stake in ATV while he was facing corruption charges in Taiwan's biggest bribery scandal. Lim died in a Hong Kong hospital, ATV spokeswoman Anita Lui said. Lim was the founder of Hong Kong-listed Lai Sun Group, a conglomerate with businesses in real estate, hotels, media and entertainment. english.sina.com /life/p/1/2005/0221/21746.html

Asia Television President Dies at 93 - Entertainment - Enjoy Life - Newsgd Lim Por Yen was also the president of Lai Sun Development Company, Viewbright Group and Crocodile Garments Limited, with a fortune of over multibillion HK dollars. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon and was attended by Lim Por Yen's son, Lin Jianyue, foster son, Lin Jiankang, relatives, local celebrities and stars. Hong Kong veteran media tycoon and banker Lim Por Yen, who is the biggest shareholder of Hong Kong Asia Television has passed away at the age of 93. www.newsgd.com /enjoylife/entertainment/entertainment/200502210004.htm

Asiaweek.com Lim's case is hardly the worst such scandal in Taiwan. Lim is not the first family member to get into trouble in Taiwan. Lim has been in custody since Dec. 16 in connection with land he owned in Taipei. www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/98/0123/nat4.html

Asia Television Ltd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia As announced by the Board of Directors, the new Chairman was Chen Yue-tung and the Vice-Chairman was Lim Por Yen. One year afterwards, Asia Television Limited, the Lam family (led by Lim Por Yen 林百欣) and the New World Group bought ATV's shares. At that time, the members of Board Of Directors included Yau Dak-kan (邱德根), Lim Por Yen (林百欣) and Chen Yue-tung (鄭裕彤). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asia_Television_Ltd

info: YEN BLOCK It was based on the Japanese currency, the yen, and was set up as a way to integrate industrial and natural resources of occupied Manchuria ( Manchukuo), and then occupied mainland China, into the economy of the Empire of Japan, at that time including present-day Taiwan and Korea. The Yen block is a term referring to the closed financial and economic system, created in the 1930s in Northeast Asia. Honda to Double Automobile Engine Component Production Capacity in Thailand - billion yen. www.info-macedonia.com /Yen_block

Simon World :: With apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald She lived with tycoon Lim Por-yen for 46 years and had two kids with him. It appears that Hong Kong's courts have finally yielded to the need to generate additional income and are now staging their first theatrical product: the absurdist case of Koo Siu Ying. They are different from you and me. It appears that Hong Kong's courts have finally yielded to the need to generate additional income and are now staging their first theatrical product: the absurdist case of Koo Siu Ying. simonworld.mu.nu /archives/046897.php

wu yen Mr Feng said he had not met Lim Por- yen, the honorary chairman of ATV and a former major shareholder... Calls have been growing in Japan for an end to the yen loans to China, which is experiencing dramatic economic growth. on speculation over an imminent revaluation of the yuan to sell the yen, as their speculation so far had not materialized. hallvideos.com /top/sites/10/1/wu_yen.html

June 8, 2001B The Ritz Carlton, a hotel, which is owned by Mr Lim Por Yen, the paterfamilias of the Lai Sun Group of Companies, was ranked at Number 24 of the 40, major HKSAR hotels, in terms of combined food and beverage sales in the month of April 2001. But this luxury hotel, which abuts Mr Lim Por Yen’s other hotel property, Furama Hotel Hongkong (which will be closed at the end of this year), churned over only about $HK6.51 million in terms of combined sales of food and beverages in the month of April. And the April 2001 level of income from food and beverages was a decrease on the April 2000 figure of about 3.20 percent. www.targetnewspapers.com /updates/articles/Articles%202001/June%202001/010608B.HTM

Asiaweek.com LIM POR YEN, detained in connection with a Taipei land scandal, was released on $297,000 bail. The chairman of Hong Kong's Lai Sun Group and Asia Television was seized at Taipei's Chiang Kai-shek airport on Dec. 16 as he was leaving Taiwan after being accused of bribing a county official. Chan Chih-hung, vice secretary general of the Straits Exchange Foundation, Taiwan's quasi-official negotiating body, is to lead the group, according to an initial report in the China Times Express. www.asiaweek.com /asiaweek/98/0424/newsmap/taiwan.html

CUHK Establishes LIM Por-yen Eye Genetics Research Centre Lim Por-yen presented the donation to CUHK in person. By providing regular check-up for these high risk individuals, we will be able to detect and treat the disease at an early stage, which implies a better long-term outcome," said Professor Dennis Shun-chiu Lam, Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences of CUHK and Director of LIM Por-yen Eye Genetics Research Centre. His support will help the University to go further in terms of research as well as providing special service such as genetic eye screening for those in need. www.cuhk.edu.hk /ipro/pressrelease/040326e.htm

Channelnewsasia.com One issue was the position of Mr Lim Por-yen. In addition, GK Goh says Mr Lim is still appealing his bribery conviction and has not been prohibited from staying as director is his Hong Kong-listed companies. But questions were raised because Mr Lim was convicted of bribery charges in Taiwan five years ago. www.channelnewsasia.com /stories/singaporebusinessnews/print/112986/1/.html

RTHK Online News ON PDA The former owner of ATV, Lim Por-yen, has died at the age of 93 following an undisclosed illness. Mr Lim was sentenced to two years in jail, but was allowed to return to Hong Kong pending an appeal. Mr Lim was the founder of the Lai Sun Group, which was involved in real estate, hotels, media and entertainment. search.rthk.org.hk /pda/news/content.php?id=208911

hkfilm110998.txt >from 2 to 21 oct in lim por yen film theatre in the hong kong arts centre, >47 films/videos will be your choices with focus on local and asian works. www.auntieteck.com /archive/research/hkfilm110998.txt

Law & Entrepreneurship News: Contract Rights and the Chinese Concubine Lim Por-yen, property mogl argues that he lent Koo, his former concubine $74 million U.S. dollars in a schedule of 60 payments between 1994 and 2001. Koo argues that this large sum of money was a gift because she was a "third wife", lived with Por-yen for almost 50 years, and has two children with him. The recent concubinage debate is between a property mogul, and his concubine "partner" of 46 years. entrepreneur.typepad.com /news/2004/10/contract_rights.html

Wed, Jan 21, 1998 edition Hong Kong tycoon Lim Por Yen was released on bail yesterday after spending a month in a Taipei prison pending investigation of bribery allegations. Lim was arrested by Investigation Bureau agents at Taoyuan's Chiang Kai-shek International Airport Dec.16 when he was preparing to board a flight back to Hong Kong. Lim's family, including wife Yu Po-chu, had to scramble to come up with the cash yesterday afternoon, as the prosecutor had initially only recommended a bail of NT$1 million be set. www.chinainformed.com /Archive/x9801/980121.html

Panel on Security (Papers) 23 September 1999 The only request for assistance to Hong Kong residents detained in Taiwan was made by Mr Lim Por-yen (ªL¦ÊªY) in October 1998. As regards Hong Kong residents who are involved in criminal proceedings in Taiwan, the Administration has so far received only one request made by Mr Lim Por-yen in 1998. In the case of Mr Lim, upon receipt of his request for assistance, the Chief Executive's Office referred Mr Lim's letter to the HKMAO, seeking their assistance to ask the appropriate authorities in the Mainland to convey the request to the relevant authorities in Taiwan. www.legco.gov.hk /yr98-99/english/panels/se/papers/se2309_3.htm

Hong Kong : Lai Sun Garment appoints Lam Kin Ming as new chairman of the Board - Textile Fashion News Fibre2Fashion Lim Por Yen, the former chairman, who passed away recently. Lam, aged 67, has been a director of the Company since October 1987 and was a deputy chairman of the Company prior to his election as chairman of the Company. Lam Kin Ming has been elected Chairman of the Board of the Company with effect from 25th April, 2005, to replace Mr. www.fibre2fashion.com /news/NewsDetails.asp?News_id=14707

January 5, 1999A The Lai Sun Group of Companies paid nearly $HK800 million for control of Crocodile Garments in 1987 when Mr Lim Por Yen agreed to pay the Chan Family members $HK11 per Crocodile Garment share. This transaction gave Mr Lim a 60-percent stake in the Company. Looking back on the takeover, the Chan Family must be laughing, all the way to their bankers. www.targetnewspapers.com /updates/articles/JAN2000/000105A.HTM

People's Daily Online -- Hong Kong PolyU confers University Fellowships on 13 individuals Lim Por-yen, a well-known industrialist, as well as Managing Director and founder of the Lai Sun Group, wasposthumously conferred the title of University Fellowships. Lo also paid special tribute to the late Lim Por-yen who passedaway earlier this month. Other awardees include Sister Helen Marie Kenny, a nursing professional who has fervently promoted hospice care in Hong Kong;Dr Tin Ka-ping, a respected industrialist and founder of K.P. Tin Foundation Limited, who is an ardent supporter of education and other charitable causes etc. english.peopledaily.com.cn /200503/01/eng20050301_175058.html

BBC News ASIA-PACIFIC Taiwanese prosecutors arrest Hong Kong tycoon Police in Taiwan have detained a leading figure in the Hong Kong media industry, Lim Por Yen, for questioning on bribery charges in connection with the sale of government land in Taipei. Mr Lim is the chairman of Hong Kong's Asia Television Limited, and has interests in the property market in Hong Kong and in Taiwan. Last month, the director of the Taipei County land administration office was arrested on charges of accepting bribes worth three-million dollars. news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/asia-pacific/40281.stm

Deal takes bite out of croc fight Like the Chinese proverb that says a smile can end disputes between enemies, a four-year legal battle that cost millions of yuan ended two weeks ago when Lim Por Yen and Bernard Lacoste shook hands in Beijing. Hosted by the Beijing High People's Court, Lim and Lacoste, chairmen of Hong Kong-based Crocodile Garments Ltd and French retail giant Lacoste, signed a peaceful settlement on October 23 to settle a long-running lawsuit over competing crocodile logos. The exchange was particularly poignant since it was between a couple of 70-plus gentlemen from different countries and cultural backgrounds who are more aware than most of the younger generation of how tough life can be. www.chinadaily.com.cn /en/doc/2003-11/11/content_281699.htm

hkac.html We manage the Lim Por Yen Film Theatre for screening and related activities such as seminars and post-screening forums outside cultural entities can also apply for its use for their own art and cultural events an publish the monthly «Cinelink» for informing the public of our www.uks-biennalen2001.no /hong_kong/hkac.html

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