Lee Dong Hae

Lee Tung-hai, male, native of Zhongshan, Guangdong, was a Chinese entrepreneur. He served as Chairman of multiple companies including Tung Tai Trading Co. Ltd., Tung Tai Finance & Investment (Group) Co. Ltd., Tung Tai Finance Co. Ltd., Tung Tai Securities Co., Tung Tai Industrial Co., and Tung Tai Energy Co.

Biography

He moved to Hong Kong with his parents at an early age. After the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, he returned to mainland China. He settled in Hong Kong in 1949 and later founded Tung Tai Trading Company.

He passed away on June 8, 2010, at Hong Kong's Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital at the age of 88.

After his passing, his son Lee Kwan-ho succeeded him as Chairman of the Tung Tai Group.

Social Positions

President of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Electrical Appliances Merchants Association, Honorary President for life of the Lee's Clan Association, President of the Hong Kong Italian Cultural Association, Advisor of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Tung Wah’s Centennial, Chairman of the Former Chairmen Association of Tung Wah Group, Member of the Hospital Authority, Chairman of the Hong Kong Friendship Association, Vice President of the China Overseas Friendship Association, Honorary President of the Chung Shan Association, Vice President and Honorary President of the Scout Association of Hong Kong.

Member of the 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Standing Committee Member of the 8th and 9th CPPCC, and Vice Chairman of the Committee for Historical and Cultural Data.

Namesakes

In early 1999, while serving as a consultant to Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Lee donated funds to Tung Wah Eastern Hospital to support the splitting of the afternoon session of Yiu Dak Chi Memorial Primary School (Yuen Long). As a result, the new school was named "Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Lee Tung Hai Primary School."

Evaluation

After his death, the Chinese government praised him as a well-known industrialist, philanthropist, and social activist in Hong Kong, a sincere friend of the Communist Party of China, Standing Committee Member of the 8th and 9th CPPCC, Vice President of the 1st and 2nd China Overseas Friendship Association, Honorary Vice President of the 3rd session, Founding Honorary President of the Hong Kong Friendship Association, and Chairman of the Tung Tai Group.

Honors

• Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1966)
• Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1969)
• Unofficial Justice of the Peace (1971)
• Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1972)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) (1972)
• Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1976)
• Silver Bauhinia Star of Hong Kong Scout Association (1978)
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (1983)
• Order of St John Grade V (1983)
• Gold Dragon Medal, highest honor of Hong Kong Scouts (1984)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1988)
• Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, France (1988)
• Order of St John Grade IV (1989)
• Commander of the Order of Leopold II, Belgium (1991)
• Gold Bauhinia Star (1999)
• Grand Bauhinia Medal (2006)