Peggy Lam
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Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja GBS, OBE, JP | |
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| Born | 2 May 1928 Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Republic of China |
| Alma mater | University of Shanghai University of Chicago University of Michigan |
| Spouse | Gilbert Lam Kwong-kui |
| Children | Vivian Lam Wai-wai |
| Parent(s) | Pei Tse-Ziang Chan Chee-yin |
Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja, GBS, OBE (Chinese: 林貝聿嘉; born 1928) is a Beijing loyalist politician in Hong Kong. She is the chief executive officer of the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong.
Family
[edit]She graduated from the University of Shanghai with a Bachelor of Arts. She received a certificate in family planning from the University of Chicago and a certificate in Public Health Administration from the University of Michigan.
Lam is the second youngest cousin of architect, I. M. Pei.
Politics
[edit]She was a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She was also a member of Legislative Council and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Chairman of the Wan Chai District Council.
In 2000, Lam was the chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Women,[1] an organisation formed under the direction of Beijing to align pro-China forces.[2]
Honours
[edit]She was appointed as the Justice of the Peace in 1981. She later awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1985, the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993. After the establishment of HKSAR, she was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 1998 and the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2003.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Conference to discuss the improvement of women's status in Hong Kong". Equal Opportunities Commission. 6 May 2000. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ Lee, Eliza Y W (January 2004). Gender and Change in Hong Kong Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy (PDF). Hong Kong University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9789622096585.
- ^ "2003 Honours List". HKSAR Press Release. 1 July 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- "The Role of Women in Contemporary China". Archived from the original on 2013-01-01.
- 1928 births
- Living people
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of Michigan School of Public Health alumni
- Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
- Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star
- District councillors of Wan Chai District
- Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians
- Members of the Provisional Legislative Council
- Hong Kong Christians
- HK LegCo Members 1988–1991
- HK LegCo Members 1991–1995
- Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
- University of Shanghai alumni
- 20th-century Hong Kong women politicians