Chan Kam-lam, GBS, JP is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong representing the Kowloon East constituency.
15 Facts About Chan Kam-lam
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Chan Kam-lam is a core member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong.
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Chan Kam-lam moved to Hong Kong with his parents when he was around 8 or 9 and lived in a squatter area in his childhood before they were assigned to a resettlement estate in Kwun Tong.
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Chan Kam-lam attended an English school in Kowloon City and became a sailor, a desk officer on a ship, for six years after his graduation.
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Chan Kam-lam later attended the Hong Kong Technical College, the predecessor of today's Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and graduated in 1971.
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Chan Kam-lam has been a long-time leading figure of the pro-Beijing grassroots organisation Kwun Tong Residents Association.
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Chan Kam-lam began his career in politics when he was elected to the Kwun Tong District Board from Ngau Tau Kok in 1988.
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Chan Kam-lam was appointed to the Beijing-controlled Provisional Legislative Council on the eve of the handover in 1996.
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Chan Kam-lam was one of the ten members of the Election Committee constituency from 1998 to 2000 in the first Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
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Chan Kam-lam has represented the Kowloon East constituency since 2000 when he partnered with Chan Kam-lam Yuen-han.
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Chan Kam-lam is considered to be the hardliner in the pro-Beijing camp.
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Chan Kam-lam had facilitated the outcome by approving only 36 of 1,262 motions filed by 19 democrats.
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Chan Kam-lam is a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee member.
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Chan Kam-lam is married to Tsang Wai-ming, an indigenous inhabitant, and has three children.
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Chan Kam-lam's eldest son, Chan Chun-kit is a Kwun Tong District Councillor.