Lam Sai-hung
Lam Sai-hung GBS JP (Chinese: 林世雄, born 8 October 1961) is a Hong Kong engineer and governmental official, currently the Secretary for Transport and Logistics.
The Honourable Ir Lam Sai-hung | |
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林世雄 | |
Lam in 2023 | |
Secretary for Transport and Logistics | |
Assumed office 1 July 2022 | |
Chief Executive | John Lee |
Preceded by | Frank Chan (as Secretary for Transport and Housing) |
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 | Hong Kong | 8 October 1961
Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
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. Two years later he became permanent Secretary of Development (Works), and retired in October 2021. Nine months after his retirement, he was appointed by the new chief executive John Lee as Secretary for Transport and Logistics in 2022.
Lam is fellow members of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the China Hong Kong Railway Institution, and is an adjunct professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong.