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Comment: senior lawyer ding his job. Please determine whether you have anything to show his passing WP:BIO and then sort the references out. 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 19:32, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Comment: See Help:Referencing for beginners. ^{In solidarity,} 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 ^{(They/them • Talk • Contribs)} 17:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Comment: In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Wikicreation001 (talk) 02:39, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Maurice WM Lee (Chinese: 李偉民) is a senior lawyer [3] and writer in Hong Kong. Known for his works to law, art and cuture, he holds public appointments and professional roles across Hong Kong's legal, media, and cultural sectors. He is a Justice of the Peace [1], and recipient of the Bronze Bauhinia Star awarded by the Hong Kong Government [2].

Lee qualified as a lawyer in 1984 and is registered as a lawyer in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Singapore [3]. His other professional roles include China‑appointed Attesting Officer for the Ministry of Justice of China; Arbitrator and Mediator with the Law Society of Hong Kong and international ADR bodies; and Civil Celebrant of Marriages in Hong Kong [8].

Lee is a writer for Orange News [14], and Master Insight [15]. Up to 2026, he has published books including [9]

"A Court of Ferns" 《佬文青律師》 (2017),

"My Art Essays" 《佬文青的藝述》 (2018),

"Non-legal Views" 《賣藝者言》 (2019),

"Examinations" 《風流不被雨打去》 (2020),

"Wasted Youth" 《枉少年》 (2021),

"Too Good to Be" 《無限好》 (2022),

"Sigh No More" 《懶得唏噓》 (2023),

"Departure Time" 《依依得捨》 (2024),

"No Time for Good Day" 《怕打招呼》 (2025), and;

"A Hurried Life" 《太匆匆》(2026).

Since 2022, Lee has been the host of the cultural program "Cultural Tube" (《藝文館》) [10].

Lee has held numerous government and advisory positions, including Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Arts Development Council [4]; Chairman of the Mental Health Review Tribunal of the Food and Health Bureau [5]; Convenor of Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Co-operation Committee (2020–2021) [6] and Vice Chairperson of Hong Kong-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Cooperation and Promotion Council (2020–2021) [7].

Lee is currently the Chairman of Cantonese Opera Development Fund Advisory Committee [11], member of Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee [12] & member of Cantonese Opera Development Fund Investment Committee [13].

[references]

[1] https://www.info.gov.hk/jp/en/JPList_g_31b.htm

[2] https://www.admwing.gov.hk/eng/honours_awards/hon_list.html

[3] https://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/zh-HK/Serve-the-Public/The-Law-List/Member-Details?MemId=5714

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong Kong Arts Development Council

[5] https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201806/15/P2018061500300.htm

[6] https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201912/31/P2019123100269p.htm

[7] https://www.eccpc.org.hk/eng/structure.htm

[8] https://www.immd.gov.hk/pdf/list_of_civil_celebrant(c).pdf

[9] https://www.cosmosbooks.com.hk/index.php?route=product/search&tag=%E6%9D%8E%E5%81%89%E6%B0%91]

[10] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGdAtqsEZ5ntteF1XyJQFX50RNrl4ppCI

[11] https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202507/31/P2025073100280.htm