The Kid Really Stays in the Picture

Dr. X posts this from :

"Happy Century to Sir Run Run Shaw, owner of Hong Kong's TVB Network, and a key player, at various times, at Shaw Studios and Shaw Organisation.

• "In 1927 the Shaw Brothers open a movie house in Singapore.
• "1942-1945 - forced to work for the Japanese in Malaysia.
• "In the 50s and 60s, Shaw Studios invented and dominated Hong Kong cinema.
• "In 1964 Chinese astronomers named an asteroid after him.
• "In 1976 Time magazine reported that 250,000 people a day were watching Shaw movies.
• "In 1982 he was a significant financial backer for Blade Runner.
• "In 1984 he established the Blood Transfusion Centre, the only blood collection and storage service in Hong Kong.
• "In 1994 he put up the money for the Institute of Chinese studies at Oxford.
• "In 2004 the Shaw Foundation awarded the first $1 mm Shaw Prize, the 'Nobel Prize of the East'.

"Run Run says 'a person must satisfy himself. To make money - one satisfaction. To give money, another satisfaction. And whatever one can do to help.' "