Henry Lee Hau Shik

Tun(Colonel Sir) Henry Lee Hau Shik, S.M.N., K.B.E., J.P., (Chinese: 李孝式; pinyin: Lǐ Xiào-shì); also known as H.S. Lee was born on 19 November 1900 in Hong Kong with ancestry in the village in Zhenlong, Gaozhou, Guangdong, China, Lee was the eldest son of Lee Kwai-lim and Kam Kwok-chun. He migrated to Malaya in 1924 to take over his family's business in tin mining. Lee was famed for playing an important role in Malaysian politics and was the founder of China Press on 1 February 1946. He died on 22 June 1988 in Malaysia. Lee received his education at Queen’s College in Hong Kong and completed Law and Economics at Cambridge University. He then worked briefly in Hainan, China and with the P&O Bank in Hong Kong. In 1949, together with Leong...