Bulletin Special Supplement Nov 1972

CITATIONS lee Q uo -W e i , O.B.E .， j . p . A ll the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than one single selfless service to mankind. This University is in the happy position o f being closely associated w ith people who have rendered innumerable selfless services to society. One o f them is our honorary graduand Lee Quo-wei. As a successful banker, he is one o f the Managing Directors and the General Manager o f the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. and also serves on the boards o f a number o f companies which engage in a wide range o f other businesses. He has also a brilliant record o f public service. It includes his past participation in nine different boards and committees as member, chairman or director. A t present, he is a member o f the Legislative Council and the president or member o f a dozen boards and committees ， which cover a wide variety o f fields, such as finance, public works, tenancy, trust fund, health, export credit insurance, etc. A ll these public duties impose very heavy demands on his time. Hong Kong has not always known economic prosperity. In the 1950's when our population was three m illion, almost one half o f i t was beyond our power to support it adequately. But ， thanks to the rapid industrial and trade expansion in the last decade, today, w ith a population o f over four m illion, our per capita GNP, instead o f dwindling, has increased considerably. We owe this gigantic economic growth to the diligence o f the working masses and Government's policy o f free trade and free enterprise. We owe it also to the initiative, ingenuity and entrepreneurship o f our leading business people, o f whom our honorary graduand is an outstanding example. In addition to his contribution to the economic progress o f Hong Kong, the Hon. Lee Quo-wei has also devoted considerable time to promoting higher education. For many years he has been a member o f the Council o f this University and the Court o f Hong Kong University. Since the establishment o f this University in 1963, he has served as its Treasurer and has played an important part in formulating its financial policy. He is also a member o f the Universities Joint Salaries Committee and. the Chairman o f the Board o f Management o f the Joint Universities Computer Centre. Recently he has become a member o f the Board o f Governors and the Treasurer o f the newly established Hong Kong Polytechnic. Mr. Lee's dedication to the advancement o f education is not unrelated to his sustained endeavours to promote the economic growth and public welfare o f our community. For he has strong convictions that the viability o f our economy depends on the competitiveness o f our manufactured goods in the world market, which in turn depends on the development o f the precious resource in our possession: the human resource. He believes that this resource must be developed and improved through education, particularly technical education. In recognition o f his contributions to the economic prosperity o f Hong Kong and its higher education, this University recommends, Mr. Chancellor, that Your Excellency confer on this gentleman the degree o f Doctor o f Laws, honoris causa. — 5 —