SINGAPORE \u2013 The family of the late Sim Wong Hoo, one of Singapore\u2019s pioneering tech entrepreneurs, on June 7 donated $385,000 to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund.<\/p>\n
This donation was made in conjunction with the launch of the book Sim Wong Hoo: The Light We Remember, which was published in March by his family, said the fund in a statement.<\/p>\n
Sim, who was the chairman and chief executive of Creative Technology, died in 2023 at the age of 67<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n The fund said the donation reflects the family\u2019s commitment to carry forward Sim\u2019s legacy of philanthropy by helping students from low-income families receive the support they need.<\/p>\n Ernest Sim, nephew of the late Sim and the current executive chairman and chief executive of Creative Technology, presented the cheque to fund trustee and ST associate editor Karamjit Kaur at the launch of the book at the Woodlands Regional Library on June 7.<\/p>\n The book launch was attended by 250 people.<\/p>\n The book about the late Sim\u2019s life draws on intimate memories of family and friends, and retraces his path from a kampung childhood to his passion for music and tech innovation.<\/p>\n Ernest Sim, 48, said he was touched because many family members, old friends and even fans of his late uncle attended the book launch.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people remember him as a gentle, nice person, who has done a lot of good things for the society and his company,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Of the donation, Ernest Sim said his uncle was a frequent contributor to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund and the family wanted to continue this legacy of his.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to continue to help students, so they can thrive in their studies. It\u2019s a challenging world out there and everybody should be given a chance to excel.\u201d<\/p>\n Sim Wong Hoo founded Creative Technology, a home-grown business, in 1981.<\/p>\n Under his leadership, the company became famous for its Sound Blaster sound cards and digital entertainment products.<\/p>\n By 2000, Sim, then aged 45, had become the youngest billionaire in Singapore.<\/p>\n He was the first person to receive the Singapore Business Awards\u2019 Businessman of the Year accolade twice.<\/p>\n The donation of $385,000 to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund was made in conjunction with the launch of the book Sim Wong Hoo: The Light We Remember, which was published in March.<\/p>\n ST PHOTO: GIN TAY<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Sim in 2001 made a donation to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, several months after it launched.<\/p>\n Ms Braema Mathi, a civil society activist and former ST reporter, said in 2023 that he gave the fund a cheque for $584,000 on Jan 1, 2001 \u2013 matching each dollar that had been raised since the fund launched<\/span><\/a> on Oct 1, 2000.<\/p>\n Since then, the fund has helped more than 220,000 children and young people in need, disbursing over $100 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 The family of the late Sim Wong Hoo, one of Singapore\u2019s pioneering tech entrepreneurs, on June 7 donated $385,000 to The Straits Times…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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