Mr Simon Lee Kwok Yin is Chairman of the Sun Hing Group of Companies, Hong Kong, Director of Wing Hang Bank Ltd, Hong Kong, Director of Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong, and Chairman of Pacific Canadian Investments Holdings Corp., Vancouver.
Mr Lee has been in the shipping, banking, insurance, warehousing and transportation businesses for sixty years. He has also been active in public service, lending his expertise and generous support to organisations such as the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club International, and numerous charities and Government Departments. Mr Lee helped establish the Simon K Y Lee Hall at HKU in 1985, has been a Member of the Court of HKU since 1986, was a Founding Honorary Patron of the HKU Foundation, and was conferred an Honorary University Fellowship from HKU in 1996. He was appointed Unofficial Justice of the Peace in 1985, and awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1993.
In recognition of his contributions to the community of Hong Kong, the University has resolved to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.
