About the Financial Award
Established in 2016, the Lim Bock Kee Bursary is available to full-time undergraduates at the Singapore Management University. It is aimed at providing financial assistance to needy and deserving undergraduates and motivating them to achieve academic excellence.
Eligibility Criteria
- Full-time undergraduates enrolled in any degree programme.
- Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Possess good academic results
- With active co-curricular activity and community involvement
- With demonstrated financial needs (with gross monthly household income not exceeding the prevailing income tiers to qualify for government bursaries)
Tenure and Benefits
- $8,160 (towards subsidised tuition fee)
- Tenable for one year of study
- May be in concurrent receipt of a government bursary, subject to fulfilment of its eligibility criteria
Application Process
Shortlisting of candidates for consideration will be from the list of applicants applying for SMU-Administered bursaries in the year of award.
Enquiries
Centre for Student Financial Assistance
Office of Admissions and Financial Assistance
Email: finasst@smu.edu.sg
About the Donor
This bursary was funded by donations from 15 grandchildren of Lim Bock Kee to commemorate their grandfather’s long career in three banks – Ho Hong Bank, OCBC Bank and HSBC Bank.
Lim Bock Kee (born 22 August 1894, died 4 January 1976) was the son of Lim Kim Seah and Wee Hian Neo. A forward-think parent, he strongly believed in the importance of educating sons and daughters. He sent all four daughters to Australia for their tertiary studies in the early 1940s. In a remarkably prescient act, he transferred to Australia sufficient funds for their tuition and living expenses for the entire period of study – a move that enabled his daughters to continue their studies during the Japanese Occupation when funds could not be remitted from Singapore. A financially astute investor and a frugal man, the cars he bought were functional rather than luxurious. He also found an ingenious way to comply with Confucius’ precept that five generations of a family should live together – without generating familial discord. Mr Lim bought four houses on Ramsgate Road and two on a parallel street, Margate Road, to house his children – a move that inculcated in his grandchildren a strong familial bond that endures today.
