Peggy Lam Explained

Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja
Honorific-Suffix:GBS, OBE, JP
Birth Date:2 May 1928
Birth Place:Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Republic of China
Spouse:Gilbert Lam Kwong-kui
Children:Vivian Lam Wai-wai
Parents:Pei Tse-Ziang
Chan Chee-yin
Alma Mater:University of Shanghai
University of Chicago
University of Michigan

Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja, GBS, OBE (; 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

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

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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 6 May 2000. Conference to discuss the improvement of women's status in Hong Kong. Equal Opportunities Commission. 25 September 2019.
  2. Book: Lee, Eliza Y W. Gender and Change in Hong Kong Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy. Hong Kong University Press. January 2004. 9789622096585. 14.
  3. Web site: 2003 Honours List . HKSAR Press Release . 1 July 2003 . 5 October 2020.