Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/19
By: Chen Chih-chung and Elizabeth Hsu 

Taipei, Dec. 19 (CNA) Pastor Simon Man-wo Lau (劉民和) from Hong Kong was presented in Taipei Tuesday with a contribution award and a cash reward of NT$30 million (US$1 million) for his three decades of devotion to helping drug addicts in Taiwan.

Lau, chief executive of Operation Dawn Taiwan, was picked by a nine-member selection committee from among 222 individuals and groups as winner of the first Y.L. Lin Taiwan Contribution Award, Taiwan’s most valuable “non-academic” award.

The award was set up in September this year by the Y.L. Lin Hung Tai Education Foundation, a public welfare organization established by Lin Yu-lin (林堉璘), founder of the Taipei-based property developer Hung Tai Group, with the aim of helping Taiwan cultivate talent and awarding those who have made contributions to the country.    [FULL  STORY]