Professor Tse Chi Wai is an outstanding educator. For his thirty years of services in education and society in both Hong Kong and Macau, Professor Tse was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1977, Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1986 and Honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991. After the Chinese resumption of authority in Hong Kong, he was conferred the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR in 1998. In 2014, he was awarded the Medal of Merit for Education by the Macao SAR Government. His wide range of contributions to higher education in the international arena of Australia, China, the United Kingdom and the United States have earned him eleven honorary doctorates and three honorary professorships.