Richard Charles Lee Ming-Chak, CBE (Chinese: 利銘澤; 7 March 1905 – 6 July 1983) was a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist.
[1] Lee worked at the Chinese Red Cross during the Second Sino-Japanese War and returned to Hong Kong in 1945.
Lee was among the first Hong Kong businessmen to invest in the Mainland China after the Open Door policy in 1979.
For instance, he invested in the construction of the Garden Hotel in Guangzhou with director of the PRC Overseas Chinese Affairs Office Liao Chengzhi in 1980.
The Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library was founded by Poy in her father's honour.