Lam Siu-por

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, the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2017.

Professor

Lam Siu-por
林兆波
Spouse of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Assumed office
1 July 2017
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byRegina Leung
Personal details
Born (1954-03-28) 28 March 1954
Hong Kong
Nationality
Spouse(s)
(
m. 1984)
Children2
ResidenceGovernment House
EducationMaryknoll Fathers' School
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong (MPhil)[1]
University of Cambridge (PhD)
OccupationMathematician

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]

Siu-por used to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and retired to England, but has since taught some short courses at the Capital Normal University in Beijing.[3][4]

Personal life

With Carrie Lam, Lam Siu-por has two sons, Jeremy and Joshua, both of whom studied in Great Britain.[5]

He has both Hong Kong and British National (Overseas) nationality.

Political views

During the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Lam stated that his wife would be "condemned by history".[6][7]

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.[8][9][10] This was seen as a silent act of support for Hong Kong's pro democracy movement and protest against China's disregard of Sino-British Joint Declaration.[11] Some editorials have compared Lam's behavior to August Landmesser's refusal to perform the Nazi salute with fellow workers during the reign of Nazi Germany.[11]

References
  1. "On ex-homotopy theory and generalized homotopy products". The University of Hong Kong. 1978.
  2. "Lam Siu Por". scholars.croucher.org.hk. The Croucher Foundation. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. Ng, Phoebe (27 March 2017). "Sign of times as couple put off golden years". The Standard. 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. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  5. Lau, Kenneth (4 May 2016). "Mom's the word for a retired Lam". The Standard. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  6. 121625551334730. "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. Retrieved 21 December 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. https://Www.post852.com, 852郵報 (6 November 2019). "【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). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  8. "Carrie Lam's husband spotted not clapping during patriotic Xi Jinping sing-along". Shanghaiist. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. 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). Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  10. The video of CCTV13 Live capturing Lam Siu-Por's not clapping during the sing-along led by Xi Jinping. (in Chinese), retrieved 21 December 2019
  11. "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. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  • Lam Siu-por 林兆波 (2017). On Ex-Homotopy Theory and Generalized Homotopy Products. Open Dissertation Press. ISBN 9781374732780.
Unofficial roles
Preceded by
Regina Leung		 Spouse of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong
2017–present		 Incumbent
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