Lam Woon-kwong
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The Honourable Lam Woon-kwong |
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| 林煥光 | |
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| Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council | |
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Assumed office 1 July 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Leung Chun-ying |
| Preceded by | Ronald Arculli |
| Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission | |
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In office 1 February 2010 – 31 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Tang |
| Succeeded by | York Chow |
| Director of the Chief Executive's Office | |
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In office 1 July 2002 – 6 January 2005 |
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| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-hwa |
| Preceded by | David Lan |
| Succeeded by | John Tsang |
| Secretary for Home Affairs | |
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In office 10 July 2000 – 30 June 2002 |
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| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-hwa |
| Preceded by | David Lan |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Ho |
| Secretary for the Civil Service | |
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In office February 1996 – 1 August 2000 |
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| Governor | The Lord Patten of Barnes (until 1997) |
| Chief Executive | Tung Chee-hwa (Since 1997) |
| Preceded by | Michael Sze |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Wong |
| Director of Education | |
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In office 1994–1996 |
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| Governor | Chris Patten |
| Preceded by | Dominic Wong |
| Succeeded by | Helen Yu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1951 (age 65–66) |
| Alma mater |
Wellington College Queen's College University of Hong Kong (BSocSc in Economics and Sociology) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 林煥光 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林焕光 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Huànguāng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Làhm Wuhn gwōng |
| Jyutping | Lam4 Wun6 gwong1 |
Lam Woon-kwong (Chinese: 林煥光; born c. 1951), GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician. He is currently Convenor of the Executive Council and was previously the Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
Lam served as Director of Education, Secretary for the Civil Service and was Secretary for Home Affairs from July 2000 to June 2002.
Then from July 2002 to January 2005 he was Director of the Chief Executive's Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for Tung Chee Hwa.
He became Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission in February 2010. In July 2012, upon his appointment as Convenor of the Executive Council for the new Chief Executive, CY Leung, despite public concern at a possible conflict of interest, he retained his position as Chairperson of the Equal Opportunities Commission.
For the 2008 Olympic Games, he was Chief Executive Officer of Olympic Equestrian Events (Hong Kong). He is a governor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society.
Lam graduated from the Social Sciences Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. He has two master's degrees: in Public Administration from Harvard University and in Buddhist Studies from the University of Hong Kong.
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