Ambrose Lam

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lam. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Ambrose Lam and the Chinese-style name is Lam San-keung.
The Honourable
Lam San-keung
林新強
Lam in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byDennis Kwok (2020)
ConstituencyLegal
President of the Law Society of Hong Kong
In office
21 May 2013[1] – 19 August 2014[2]
Preceded byDieter Yih
Succeeded byStephen Hung
Personal details
BornAugust 1961 (age 63)
CitizenshipChinese
British
ResidenceHong Kong
OccupationSolicitor
President of the
Law Society of Hong Kong

Ambrose Lam San-keung (Chinese: 林新強; born August 1961[3]) is a Hong Kong solicitor who served as the member of Legislative Council, representing Legal constituency. He previously served as president of the Law Society of Hong Kong from 2013 until his resignation in 2014.[2][4] He is known for his pro-Beijing political stance.[5] He gained widespread attention from the Hong Kong media in 2014, when he made numerous controversial comments supporting the 2014 Hong Kong electoral reform consultation and the Chinese Communist Party.[6] He resigned as the President of the Law Society of Hong Kong on 19 August 2014[7] after a motion of no confidence was passed against him by members of the Law Society Council on 14 August 2014.[5][8]

Lam has served as a member of the Law Society Council since 2004. He also led 12 candidates to participate in the 2011 Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, all of which are council members, though all of them failed to get a seat.[1]

  1. ^ a b 林新強任律師會會長 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Apple Daily. 21 May 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b 律師會會長林新強請辭 (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Apple Daily. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  3. ^ "中華人民共和國香港特別行政區第十三屆全國人民代表大會代表候選人簡介" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Wenweipo. 14 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. ^ 香港律师会长林新强"不信任"动议后首度发声：坚持当初立场 (in Chinese). China: news.163.com. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Hong Kong legal body votes to oust its pro-Beijing president". AFP. Hong Kong: Yahoo News. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  6. ^ Rose, Adam; Greg Torode (15 August 2014). "Hong Kong lawyers take stand for independence from Beijing". Hong Kong: Reuters. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Law Society president Ambrose Lam resigns following Historic No". Hong Kong: South China Morning Post. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  8. ^ "Solicitors send signal to Beijing on professional independence". Hong Kong: Ejinsight. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2014.