caption death_date death_place birth_place yearsactive chinesename jyutpingchinesename birth_date residence article_title name pinyinchinesename
portrait shaw tower , singapore . of runme shaw and memorabilia on display at 2 march 1985 singapore zhenhai , zhejiang , qing china 1959 -- 1983 邵仁枚 siu6 jan4mui4 1 january 1901 singapore runme shaw
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runme shaw

tan sri dr runme shaw , k.st.j -lrb- ; 1 january 1901 -- 2 march 1985 -rrb- was the chairman and founder of the shaw organisation of singapore .
runme shaw and his brother , run run shaw , together known as the shaw brothers , were pioneers in the film and entertainment industry in singapore and malaya , and brought to life the movie industry in asia , especially the southeast asian region .
runme shaw was also a philanthropist who started the shaw foundation , a charitable organisation .
in addition , runme was the chairman and president of several government boards , and a patron of many organisations .
as a result , runme won many local and foreign awards for his philanthropic work and contribution to the movie industry in southeast asia .
