Mr Lee has also been active in serving the community. He was a member of the Selection Committee of the First and Second HKSAR Government and is currently Chairman of the Shanghai Fraternity Association Hong Kong Ltd, Honorary President of the United Zhejiang Residents Association (HK) Ltd and the Ning Po Residents Association. Mr Lee is also Financial Securities Advisor of Tianjin Municipality and has been appointed Honorary Citizen of Tianjin. Mr Lee Woo Sing is committed to promoting traditional Chinese culture and arts. He is Permanent Honorary President of the Hong Kong Culture Association and Honorary President of Mei Lan Fang Jingju (Peking Opera) Art's Fund. In 1995, Mr Lee was awarded 中國京劇藝術基金會金菊獎 for his contribution to the promotion of Peking opera. Mr Lee is equally committed to the educational development in Hong Kong and the Mainland. In 2003, he was appointed Honorary Professor by Zhejiang University of the College of Economics and the College of Humanities. He is an Honorary Member of the Executive Committee of School Affairs, Shanghai Tongji University. Since his appointment to the Board of Trustees of Shaw College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1997, Mr Lee Woo-sing has been a staunch supporter of the College and the University. He has supported the various educational initiatives of Shaw College most generously both personally and, since 1994, in his capacity as Chairman of the Shanghai Fraternity Association. In 1993, backed by Mr Lee and other Directors, the Shanghai Fraternity Association of Hong Kong made a magnanimous donation of HK$13.5 million towards the establishment of the Shanghai Fraternity Association Research Services Centre on CUHK campus. In November 2000, again with Mr Lee's support, the Shanghai Fraternity Association joined hands with the University to launch the "Home in Hong Kong" project with the aim of providing care and hospitality to the University's undergraduate students from the Mainland. The Association has also contributed to the formation of the Mainland Undergraduate Association of the University, the first of its kind among local tertiary institutions in March 2004. Mr Lee also supported the Putonghua intensive courses of Shaw College in Tsinghua University and promoted the appreciation of Peking opera in CUHK and in Hong Kong.
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