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, who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022.

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
British Hong Kong
Nationality
Spouse
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(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

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, 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

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

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

References
  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. 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. "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. "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.
  • Lam Siu-por 林兆波 (2017). On Ex-Homotopy Theory and Generalized Homotopy Products. Open Dissertation Press. ISBN 9781374732780.
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