Stephen Lam

The Honourable Stephen Lam Sui-lung OBE, GBM, GBS, JP
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Stephen Lam in 2010
Chief Secretary for Administration
In office 30 September 2011 – 30 June 2012
Chief Executive	Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Henry Tang
Succeeded by	Carrie Lam
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 September 2011
Chief Executive	Tung Chee Hwa Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Michael Suen (as Secretary for Constitutional Affairs)
Succeeded by	Raymond Tam
Personal details
Born	(1955-11-24) 24 November 1955 (age 61) Hong Kong
Nationality	Chinese, Hong Kong
Spouse(s)	Florence Ip
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong University of London (law)

Stephen Lam Sui-lung, OBE, GBM, GBS, JP (born 24 November 1955) was the Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs.

Lam was born in Hong Kong attended Wah Yan College. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1978 and then began his public service career. During his early years in the civil service he attended the University of London Law School, from which he graduated in 1983.

Lam joined the Hong Kong government administrative service in October 1978. He held senior positions as Administrative Assistant to the Chief Secretary from 1989 to 1991. He was the Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs from 1994 to 1996. He was the director of the Hong Kong Handover Ceremony Co-ordination Office from 1996 to 1997. In this role he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1997.

After the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China, he was the Director of Administration and Development in the Hong Kong Department of Justice. From July 2002 to September 2011 he was Secretary for Constitutional Affairs. Lam then replaced Henry Tang as the Chief Secretary for Administration, with nine months of the term remaining, due to Tang's resignation from the post in advance of his expected trot to the Chief Executiveship. Lam has enjoyed the lowest popularity ratings among the three key secretaries – chief secretary, finance secretary and justice secretary – and in May 2012 scored 37.3 points out of 100.