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HK$50 Million Donation from the Harold and Christina Lee Family
To support the construction of Art Museum’s new building and promotion of Chinese art and culture
CUHK received a generous donation of HK$50 million from the family of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee on the occasion of the Art Museum’s Golden Anniversary. Together with an earlier donation from the Lo Kwee Seong Foundation, the Lee family’s gift enabled the Art Museum to build a new building with substantial increment in gallery space for exhibition and educational activities.
The Lee family gift had precedent over half a century ago, when the late Mr. Harold Hsiao-wo Lee, founder and first chairman of Television Broadcasts Limited, and his brother Mr. Jung-sen Lee provided the University with critical financial support to build the Art Museum and the Institute of Chinese Studies. This year, Ms. Irene Lee, Chairman of Hysan Development Company Limited, Mr. Anthony Lee, Director of Lee Hysan Company Limited, and Ms. Marie-Christine Lee, Founder of the Sports for Hope Foundation, built on their father’s legacy to support the study of Chinese art and culture at CUHK.
A ceremony was held recently in appreciation of the donation from the Lee family. The new building of the Art Museum of CUHK is expected to be completed in 2023. Designed by the renowned Rocco Design Architects Associates Ltd., the new museum is set to become an iconic landmark on campus. The main gallery of the new museum building, measuring over 600 m2, will be the largest gallery of the entire museum and suitable for large-scale special exhibitions. The University has decided to name the new main gallery Harold and Christina Lee Gallery in perpetuity, in recognition of the benefaction and support from Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee and their family members.