Lam Siu-por
Hong Kong mathematician, spouse of Carrie Lam
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Lam Siu-por (Chinese: 林兆波; Jyutping: Lam4 Siu6 Bo1; born 28 March 1954) is a Hong Kong mathematician and the husband of Carrie Lam, who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022.
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林兆波 | |||||||||||
.jpg) Lam in 2017 | |||||||||||
| 4th Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong | |||||||||||
| In role 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2022 | |||||||||||
| Chief Executive | Carrie Lam | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Regina Leung | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Janet Lam | ||||||||||
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| Born | 28 March 1954 | ||||||||||
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||
| Education | Maryknoll Fathers' School | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong (MPhil)[1] University of Cambridge (PhD) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Mathematician | ||||||||||
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| Fields | Mathematics | ||||||||||
| Thesis | Unstable Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra and Cohomology of Classifying Spaces (1982) | ||||||||||
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| Chinese | 林兆波 | ||||||||||
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Career
Lam earned his doctorate in algebraic topology from the University of Cambridge in 1983, after writing his thesis under the direction of Frank Adams.[2]
He used to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and had stayed in the UK.[3] Lam also taught short courses at the Capital Normal University in Beijing before his wife announced her candidacy for chief executive in December 2016.[3][4]
Personal life
With Carrie Lam, Lam Siu-por has two sons, Jit-Si Jeremy and Yeuk-Hay Joshua, both of whom studied in Great Britain.[5]
He and his two adult sons hold Hong Kong and British nationality, allowing Carrie Lam the ability to move to the UK alongside her family.[6][7]
Political views
In a closed-door meeting during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Carrie Lam said that Lam had told her she would be "condemned by history".[8][9][10]
During the ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the handover of Macau in 2019, Lam was spotted not clapping and not singing during a group sing-along of the patriotic song "Ode to the Motherland" led by Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping.[11][12][13] This was seen by some as a silent act of support for Hong Kong's pro democracy movement.[11][14] An editorial compared Lam's behavior to August Landmesser's refusal to perform the Nazi salute with fellow workers during the reign of Nazi Germany.[14]
Research
According to the mathematics review database zbMATH Open, Lam has only one publication so far, published when he was completing his PhD.