KUCHING: The Scout Movement of Sarawak lost a great Scout, 89-year-old Simon Lee Hock Lye, today (May 26).
Lee started his scouting back in 1945 in Malacca and was a Scout in Sibu from 1955 until 1963.
In 1965, he was appointed as Assistant District Commissioner for Kuching and rose to become Assistant State Commissioner.
Among the earliest Scout Commissioners to be conferred the Wood Badge with four beads in Sarawak, Lee led many scout contingents to several national scout jamborees in the past.
Trained in telecommunication engineering in New Zealand, he served with Telekom Malaysia until he retired in 1982. After that, he joined the Brunei Darussalam Telecom Department for several years.
His demise is very much felt among the Scouts and is a great loss to the Scout Movement of Sarawak.
