Jeremy Tam
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The Honourable Jeremy Tam Man-ho |
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| 譚文豪 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 1 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Leong |
| Constituency | Kowloon East |
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| Born |
13 June 1975 Hong Kong |
| Political party | Civic Party |
| Alma mater |
Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School University of Queensland University of New South Wales |
| Profession | Pilot |
| Website | www |
Jeremy Jansen Tam Man-ho (譚文豪; born 13 June 1975) is an airline pilot and the current Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Party's Kowloon East Branch. He is a member of the Legislative Council representing Kowloon East, having been elected in the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election.
Tam graduated with honors from the University of Queensland, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical and Space Engineering. Jeremy Tam said his great grandparents and grandfather moved to Hong Kong in order to escape from political prosecution in Mainland China. He then attended the University of New South Wales in Australia, where he graduated with a Master's degree in Transport Engineering. He became the first Chinese person to serve on the executive committee of the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association, the Cathay Pacific pilots' union and an organization committed to fighting for the equal pay and fair treatment of Chinese and foreign pilots, aircraft parking regulations, energy conservation, and environmental protection initiatives in the airline industry.
In 2013, Tam created a Facebook page for sharing aviation knowledge and communicating with the media about issues in the airline industry. In 2014, Tam released his first book, an introduction to the airline industry and a guide to becoming a pilot. He donated the royalty income from the book to the Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps to establish a scholarship to allow young people to attend flight school. Over that year, Tam also co-produced a 13-episode series titled "Uncovering the Aviation Accident Mysteries," which aired on Radio Television Hong Kong.
Tam is married with two children, a son and a daughter.
In the early hours of 28 March 2016, Leung Chung-yan, the daughter of Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, became embroiled in a controversy at Hong Kong International Airport. Leung Chung-yan had reportedly left her hand baggage in the departure hall after she had passed through the security checkpoint to board a flight for San Francisco. According to Apple Daily, witnesses alleged that his wife Regina Tong, who accompanied her daughter to the airport, engaged in a lengthy argument with airport staff to have staff reunite her daughter with her missing bag. Staff insisted on upholding procedure, which required that the passenger exit the secured zone to recover the missing item and pass through security again. Leung Chung-yan reportedly telephoned her father to seek help in resolving the impasse. The phone was given to airline staff, who brought Leung her bag, making clear that they had made an exception to procedure. Leung boarded her flight minutes later. Leung Chun-ying denied that he had abused his power by ordering airline staff to retrieve Chung-yan's bag in violation of security guidelines. Following the news of the incident, the Airport Authority Hong Kong issued a statement stating that it was not against existing procedure for someone other than the passenger to retrieve any missing baggage from airport security and bring it into the restricted area after a security check.
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