The Honourable Ir
Lam Sai-hung
GBS JP
林世雄
Lam in 2023
Secretary for Transport and Logistics
Assumed office
1 July 2022 (2022-07-01)
Chief ExecutiveJohn Lee
Preceded byFrank Chan (as Secretary for Transport and Housing)
Permanent Secretary of Development (Works)
In office
13 October 2018 (2018-10-13) – 7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)
Preceded byHon Chi-keuung
Succeeded byRicky Lau
Director of Civil Engineering and Development
In office
27 September 2016 (2016-09-27) – 13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)
Preceded byDaniel Chung
Succeeded byRicky Lau
Personal details
Born (1961-10-08) 8 October 1961
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese (Hong Kong)

Lam Sai-hung GBS JP (Chinese: 林世雄, born 8 October 1961)[1] is a Hong Kong engineer and governmental official, currently the Secretary for Transport and Logistics.

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]

Lam is fellow members of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the China Hong Kong Railway Institution,[5][6] and is an adjunct professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Senior appointment (with photos)". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Permanent Secretary for Development (Works), Mr LAM Sai-hung, to retire". www.devb.gov.hk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "GovHK: Mr Lam Sai-hung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Transport and Logistics". Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae: Ir Lam Sai-hung". Hong Kong Development Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Department of Civil Engineering, HKU". www.civil.hku.hk. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
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