Ambrose Lam
Ambrose Lam San-keung (Chinese: 林新強; born August 1961) is a Hong Kong solicitor who served as the member of Legislative Council, representing Legal constituency. He previously served as president of the Law Society of Hong Kong from 2013 until his resignation in 2014. He is known for his pro-Beijing political stance. He gained widespread attention from the Hong Kong media in 2014, when he made numerous controversial comments supporting the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform consultation and the Chinese Communist Party. He resigned as the President of the Law Society of Hong Kong on 19 August 2014 after a motion of no confidence was passed against him by members of the Law Society Council on 14 August 2014.
The Honourable Lam San-keung | |
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| 林新強 | |
Lam in 2023 | |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Dennis Kwok (2020) |
| Constituency | Legal |
| President of the Law Society of Hong Kong | |
| In office 21 May 2013 – 19 August 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Dieter Yih |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Hung |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1961 (age 62) |
| Citizenship | Chinese British |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Solicitor President of the Law Society of Hong Kong |
Lam has served as a member of the Law Society Council since 2004. He also led 12 candidates to participate in the 2011 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, all of which are council members, though all of them failed to get a seat.