Lam Sai-hung
Lam Sai-hung | |
|---|---|
林世雄 | |
.jpg) Lam in 2023 | |
| Secretary for Transport and Logistics | |
| In office 1 July 2022 – 5 December 2024 | |
| Chief Executive | John Lee |
| Preceded by | Frank Chan (as Secretary for Transport and Housing) |
| Succeeded by | Mable Chan |
| Permanent Secretary of Development (Works) | |
| In office 13 October 2018 – 7 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Hon Chi-keuung |
| Succeeded by | Ricky Lau |
| Director of Civil Engineering and Development | |
| In office 27 September 2016 – 13 October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Chung |
| Succeeded by | Ricky Lau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1961 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
Lam Sai-hung GBS JP (Chinese: 林世雄, born 8 October 1961)[1] is a Hong Kong engineer and governmental official who served as the Secretary for Transport and Logistics from 2022 to 2024.
After graduation from Wong Shiu Chi Secondary School, Lam studied civil engineering in the University of Hong Kong and obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1983. He joined the then colonial government in 1986 as assistant engineer. After promotion to principal government engineer in 2014, he was appointed director of Civil Engineering and Development in 2016.[2] Two years later he became permanent Secretary of Development (Works), and retired in October 2021.[3] Nine months after his retirement, he was appointed by the new chief executive John Lee as Secretary for Transport and Logistics in 2022.[4] In December 2024, Lam, along with culture minister Kevin Yeung, was removed from office by Chief Executive John Lee, who did not answer directly to reporters on why the two were replaced.[5]
Lam is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the China Hong Kong Railway Institution,[6][7] and is an adjunct professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ 香港政府職員名冊 一九九六年 [Book of Hong Kong Government Staff: 1966] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Government. 1 July 1996. p. 172.
- ^ "Senior appointment (with photos)". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ "Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Mr LAM Sai-hung, to retire". www.devb.gov.hk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Lee, Peter (19 June 2022). "John Lee's cabinet: Security law head chosen as Hong Kong's no.2, 'Covid zero' advocate to become health chief". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ Lee, James (5 December 2024). "Hong Kong culture and transport ministers, Kevin Yeung and Lam Sai-hung, sacked". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ "GovHK: Mr Lam Sai-hung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Transport and Logistics". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae: Ir Lam Sai-hung". Hong Kong Development Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
- ^ "Department of Civil Engineering, HKU". www.civil.hku.hk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.