| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Native Name: | 林智遠 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Office: | Director of Audit |
| Term Start: | 1 July 2022 |
| Predecessor: | John Chu |
| Office1: | Member of the Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 1 January 2022 |
| Term End1: | 18 June 2022 |
| Constituency1: | Election Committee |
| Predecessor1: | New constituency |
| Successor1: | William Wong |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1968 |
Nelson Lam Chi-yuen, (born 20 August 1968) is a Hong Kong accountant and politician who is Director of Audit. To take up the role, from 1 July 2022, he resigned as a Legislative Councillor in the Election Committee constituency (ECC) after less than six months in office. The ECC was then newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.
On 5 January 2022, Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.[1] One day later, it was discovered that Lam attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.[2] [3] [4] At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing many guests to be quarantined.
When asked why Lam was focusing on national security instead of auditing public money, Lam said "Efficiency and effectiveness refers to whether the audited body abided by the law or not. If they have failed to do so that means they are doing a poor job. If they have broken the law, that would also involve money."[5]
| 2021 legislative election | |||||
| No. | Candidates | Affiliation | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luk Chung-hung | 1,178 | |||
| 2 | Ma Fung-kwok | 1,234 | |||
| 3 | Kingsley Wong Kwok | 1,192 | |||
| 4 | Chan Hoi-yan | 1,292 | |||
| 5 | Tang Fei | 1,339 | |||
| 6 | Michael John Treloar Rowse | 454 | |||
| 7 | Paul Tse Wai-chun | 1,283 | |||
| 8 | Diu Sing-hung | 342 | |||
| 9 | Tseng Chin-i | 919 | |||
| 10 | Nelson Lam Chi-yuen | 970 | |||
| 11 | Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming | 1,102 | |||
| 12 | Andrew Lam Siu-lo | 1,026 | |||
| 13 | Chow Man-kong | 1,060 | |||
| 14 | Doreen Kong Yuk-foon | 1,032 | |||
| 15 | Fung Wai-kwong | 708 | |||
| 16 | Chan Yuet-ming | 1,187 | |||
| 17 | Simon Hoey Lee | 1,308 | |||
| 18 | Judy Kapui Chan | 1,284 | |||
| 19 | Wong Chi-him | 956 | |||
| 20 | Maggie Chan Man-ki | 1,331 | |||
| 21 | So Cheung-wing | 1,013 | |||
| 22 | 1,124 | ||||
| 23 | Tu Hai-ming | 834 | |||
| 24 | Tan Yueheng | 1,245 | |||
| 25 | Ng Kit-chong | 1,239 | |||
| 26 | Chan Siu-hung | 1,239 | |||
| 27 | Hong Wen | 1,142 | |||
| 28 | Dennis Lam Shun-chiu | 1,157 | |||
| 29 | Rock Chen Chung-nin | 1,297 | |||
| 30 | Yung Hoi-yan | /CF | 1,313 | ||
| 31 | Chan Pui-leung | 1,205 | |||
| 32 | Lau Chi-pang | 1,214 | |||
| 33 | Carmen Kan Wai-mun | 1,291 | |||
| 34 | Nixie Lam Lam | 1,181 | |||
| 35 | Luk Hon-man | 1,059 | |||
| 36 | 1,322 | ||||
| 37 | Lilian Kwok Ling-lai | 1,122 | |||
| 38 | Lai Tung-kwok | 1,237 | |||
| 39 | Leung Mei-fun | /KWND | 1,348 | ||
| 40 | Ho Kwan-yiu | 1,263 | |||
| 41 | Chan Hoi-wing | 941 | |||
| 42 | Alice Mak Mei-kuen | 1,326 | |||
| 43 | Kevin Sun Wei-yung | 891 | |||
| 44 | Stephen Wong Yuen-shan | 1,305 | |||
| 45 | Lee Chun-keung | 1,060 | |||
| 46 | 1,342 | ||||
| 47 | Kenneth Leung Yuk-wai | 1,160 | |||
| 48 | 955 | ||||
| 49 | Lam Chun-sing | 1,002 | |||
| 50 | Charles Ng Wang-wai | 958 | |||
| 51 | Choy Wing-keung | 818 | |||