His obituary appeared on page 1 of The Hong Kong Telegraph, 1940-03-20:
DEATH OF MR. LI CHOR CHI
His many friends in the Colony will be shocked to learn of the passing of Mr. Li Chor-chi, Accountant of the Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation and Secretary of the Ho Hong Co., Ltd.
Mr. Li passed away at 7.15 this morning at the Queen Mary Hospital, where he had been confined since last Friday, suffering from acute gastric trouble.
Born in Sydney 52 years ago, Mr. Li came to Hongkong when still a young man. He spent several years in Saigon where he studied singing and languages. A tenor of no mean ability he could sing in Italian, Spanish and French, and was a fluent French Scholar. He used to broadcast over ZBW and had organised many concerts on behalf of various charities.
The late Mr. Li came from a well-known family. He is survived by two brothers and two sisters—Mr. William Yinson Lee, manager of the Chinese Branch of the Sun Life Assurance Co. and well-known charitable worker, Mr. James Zee-min Lee, who recently paid a visit to Hongkong from Hollywood, where he had appeared in a number of films, Mrs. Rose Chow, vice-president of the Chinese Women’s Club and daughter-in-law of the Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow, and Mrs. Alice Chow, wife of Mr. C. L. Chow, B.A., F.C.I., T.D. (Birmingham).
The late Mr. Li took a great interest in public affairs, having only last week been re-elected a member of the Committee of the Kowloon Residents' Association, with which he had been connected for a number of years. He was also, at the time of his death, Chairman of the Hong-kong Auxiliary of the Chinese Mission for Lepers, which was founded by his brother, Mr. Yinson Lee.
The body has been removed to Brown Jones Funeral Parlour at 45 Morrison Hill Road, and the funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow.
In lieu of flowers, friends are requested to send donations in memory of the late Mr. Li Chor-chi to the Chungshan Refugees Fund, c/o S. C. M. Post.
The report on p. 15 of The China Mail, 1940-03-20 added:
His Home, The Corner House, Kai Tak, was open to all of musical tastes.