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Lam Siu-por
林兆波
Lam in 2017
4th Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong
In role
1 July 2017 – 30 June 2022
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byRegina Leung
Succeeded byJanet Lam
Personal details
Born (1954-03-28) 28 March 1954 (age 70)
British Hong Kong
Nationality
Spouse
(m. 1984)
Children2
EducationMaryknoll Fathers' School
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong (MPhil)[1]
University of Cambridge (PhD)
OccupationMathematician
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
ThesisUnstable Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra and Cohomology of Classifying Spaces (1982)
Doctoral advisorFrank Adams
Lam Siu-por
Chinese林兆波
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLín Zhàobō
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingLam4 Siu6 Bo1

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.

Career

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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

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With Carrie Lam, Lam Siu-por has two sons, Jeremy and 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

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In a closed-door meeting during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Carrie Lam said that Lam Siu-por had told her that 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

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According to the mathematics review database zbMATH Open, Lam has only one publication so far, published when he was doing his PhD.

References

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  1. ^ "On ex-homotopy theory and generalized homotopy products". The University of Hong Kong. 1978. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Lam Siu Por". scholars.croucher.org.hk. The Croucher Foundation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ a b Ng, Phoebe (27 March 2017). "Sign of times as couple put off golden years". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  4. ^ "短期课程班--李群分类空间的同调群 Homology of classifying spaces of Lie groups". School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University (in Chinese). 9 May 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. ^ Lau, Kenneth (4 May 2016). "Mom's the word for a retired Lam". The Standard. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Carrie Lam in the spotlight: A profile of Hong Kong's Chief Executive". Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong can't tolerate more 'chaos', says Lam on protest movement anniversary". France 24. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ^ "北京向唐英年摸底換特首 林鄭:「老公話我係歷史罪人!」|壹週刊". 壹週刊. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. ^ "【移交逃犯修例】引述林鄭閉門稱「老公話我係歷史罪人」 選委:佢無藥可救|852郵報". 852郵報 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 6 November 2019. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. ^ "林鄭月娥的自我催眠神功 | 顧書維". Citizen News (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Carrie Lam's husband spotted not clapping during patriotic Xi Jinping sing-along". Shanghaiist. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  12. ^ 陳綽嵐 (20 December 2019). "林兆波出席澳門回歸晚會神情木然 眾人拍掌他獨企 引網上熱議". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  13. ^ The video of CCTV13 Live capturing Lam Siu-Por's not clapping during the sing-along led by Xi Jinping. (in Chinese), archived from the original on 20 February 2020, retrieved 21 December 2019
  14. ^ a b "澳門回歸典禮上 數千嘉賓都鼓掌 只有「他」垮著臉不拍手". www.cmmedia.com.tw. Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
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  • Lam Siu-por 林兆波 (2017). On Ex-Homotopy Theory and Generalized Homotopy Products. Open Dissertation Press. ISBN 9781374732780.
Unofficial roles
Preceded by Spouse of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
2017–2022
Succeeded by