Lam Shuk-yee

Lam Shuk-yee, GBS (Chinese: 林淑儀, born June 1953) is the former President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), the most powerful trade union in Hong Kong. She is also current member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Lam Shuk-yee

GBS
林淑儀
President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
In office
26 April 2012 – 16 April 2018
Preceded byCheng Yiu-tong
Succeeded byNg Chau-pei
Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Assumed office
2008
Personal details
BornJune 1953 (age 67)
Hong Kong
NationalityHong Kong Chinese
Political partyHong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Spouse(s)Wong Ting-kwong
ResidenceHong Kong
OccupationTrade unionist

Biography

Lam was born in 1953. She was aided by leftist union during his father's illness and she was young and joined the Hong Kong and Kowloon Federation of Trade Unions in 1968 as an electronic factory worker.[1] She was the Vice-President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU) before in April 2012 when she succeeded Cheng Yiu-tong, the long-serving head of the unions, to become the first female President of the FTU.[2] She is also member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) since 2008.

In April 2018, she stepped down as the President of the FTU and was succeeded by Ng Chau-pei.[3]

Personal life

She is wife of Wong Ting-kwong, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong Legislative Councillor.[2]

gollark: I should always be portrayed as speaking through some sort of remote chat thing to leave it a mystery to the audience about whether I'm a person or just a swarm of bees dressed as one with internet access, or possibly a rogue AI or, as andrew says, a probabilistic anomaly.
gollark: Well, for accuracy, I should never be actually pictured and always appear remotely somehow.
gollark: And the AutoBotRobot/Esobot rivalries.
gollark: Also, you need the everpresent threat of PotatOS orbital laser satellites.
gollark: They have poor internet connection, no electricity, and there's all the honey and it's sticky and gets on keyboards.

References
  1. "工联会诞生首名女会长林淑仪: 坚持做好监督". Ta Kung Pao. 23 April 2012.
  2. "Lam Suk-yee new FTU president". Radio Television Hong Kong. 16 April 2012.
  3. "政Whats噏：吳秋北膺工聯會會長　黃國任理事長". on.cc. 2018-04-16.
Political offices
Preceded by
Cheng Yiu-tong		 President of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
2012–2018		 Succeeded by
Ng Chau-pei
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