{{Short description|Hong Kong ophthalmologist, businessman and politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Professor the Honourable | name = Dennis Lam Shun-chiu | native_name = 林順潮 | honorific_suffix = JP | image = Dennis Lam Shun-chiu 2021.jpg | caption = Dennis Lam in 2021 | occupation = ophthalmologist, businessman | spouse = Li Xiaoting | office = HKSAR Member of National People's Congress | term_start = 5 March 2008 | term_end = | 1blankname = Chairman | 1namedata = Wu Bangguo→Zhang Dejiang→Li Zhanshu→Zhao Leji | office1 = Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | term_start1 = 1 January 2022 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = | constituency1 = Election Committee | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|11|26}}<ref>{{cite book |author1=盧子健、何安達 |title=香港人名錄 |year=1994 |publisher=天地圖書 |page=194 |quote= |url=}}</ref> | birth_place = Hong Kong | death_date = | death_place = | children = 2 sons, 1 daughter<ref>[https://eastweek.my-magazine.me/main/75329 變身百億富豪 直擊名醫林順潮親子樂]</ref> | education = *HK & KLN Chiu Chow Public Assn. Secondary School *King's College, Hong Kong *University of Hong Kong }} '''Dennis Lam Shun-chiu''', JP ({{lang-zh|林順潮}}; born 26 November 1959)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://legcoelection.hk01.com/2021/candidate/10017/%E9%99%B8%E9%A0%8C%E9%9B%84|title=林順潮 職業：立法會議員 年齡：62|publisher=2021年立法會選舉|date=19 December 2021}}</ref> is a Hong Kong ophthalmologist, businessman and politician. He has been a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) since 2008 and a member of the Election Committee.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://webb-site.com/dbpub/positions.asp?p=25936|title=Lam, Dennis Shun Chiu 林順潮|work=Webb-site Who's Who}}</ref>
==Biography== Lam was born in Hong Kong on 26 November 1959 and was educated at the King's College. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1984 and became a Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdoc.com/professional-profile/dennis-lam-shun-chiu-71d31c/dr-dennis-lam-partners-eye-center-25de00|title=Dr. Dennis Lam Shun Chiu|work=BookDoc}}</ref> He became chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=CUHK Brings New Hope to Glaucoma Patients|url=https://cuhk.edu.hk/english/features/glaucoma.html|work=The Chinese University of Hong Kong|year=2010}}</ref>
He founded the C-MER Eye Care Holdings and became the company's chairman and chief executive. By 2017, C-MER Eye Care had eight ophthalmologists in Hong Kong and 24 physicians at Shenzhen hospital which brought him more than HK$80 million revenue in 2016.<ref name="one man">{{cite news|work=The Standard|title=One man money machine|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/sections-news-print/187520/One-man-money-machine|date=18 September 2017}}</ref>
He was awarded Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection of Hong Kong in 1994 and Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World in 1995. He was first elected to the Election Committee through the Medical Subsector in 1998 and was elected again in 2006. In the 2008 election, he was elected as Hong Kong deputy of the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2008 and became an ''ex officio'' member of the Election Committee since 2008. He was picked as one of the torchbearers in the 2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/TorchRelay/en/torchbearer_info.php?id=45|title=Name List of Torchbearers in Hong Kong Torch Relay|work=Leisure and Cultural Services Department}}</ref>
During the 2019 pro-democracy protests, Lam and a few hundred fellow Hong Kong doctors and nurses signed a letter expressing support for the Hong Kong Police Force's crackdown on the protesters, as a counter campaign against a group of medical workers who staged a protest against police brutality.<ref>{{cite news|title=HK medical staff divided over police conduct|date=17 September 2019|work=Asia Times|url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/09/hk-medical-staff-divided-over-police-conduct/}}</ref>
Lam first ran in the Legislative Council election in 2000 in the Medical functional constituency but was defeated by Lo Wing-lok. He became one of the 51 candidates running in the 40-seat Election Committee in the newly overhauled 90-seat Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 2021 election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.tvb.com/local/6183b2b3e774ffda19bcf26e|title=2021 Legco Election Nominations|date=2021-11-03|work=TVB News}}</ref>
Though Hong Kong medical schools teach in English, Lam in July 2022 criticized the requirement that English be the language of instruction for a program that recruits doctors from medical schools outside of Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Language requirement for doctors scheme should go' - RTHK |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1658709-20220721.htm? |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=news.rthk.hk |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Personal life== He married Li Xiaoting, a participant of the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant who is 19 years younger than him.<ref name="one man"/>
On 5 January 2022, Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential COVID-19 outbreaks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-05|title=Bars, gyms to close, 6pm restaurant curfew as Hong Kong ramps up Omicron battle|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3162190/coronavirus-hong-kongs-fifth-wave-has-already|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> One day later, it was discovered that Lam attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1628558-20220112.htm | title=衞生防護中心最新發現洪為民宴會人數為222人 - RTHK }}</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-10/hong-kong-finds-another-suspected-covid-case-at-notorious-party Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party]</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-07|title=All 170 guests of Covid-19 scandal-hit birthday party sent to quarantine|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3162476/coronavirus-19-hong-kong-lawmakers-attended-birthday-party|access-date=2022-01-07|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref> At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined.<ref name=":0" /> Lam was warned by Legislative Council president Andrew Leung to not attend any meetings until after finishing his last mandatory COVID-19 test on 22 January 2022.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-19|title=Covid-19: Lawmakers embroiled in 'birthday bash' scandal return to legislature after home quarantine|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/19/covid-19-lawmakers-embroiled-in-birthday-bash-scandal-return-to-legislature-after-home-quarantine/|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP|language=en-GB}}</ref> However, he decided to attend the meeting on 19 January 2022, against Leung's orders.<ref name=":1" />
In November 2022, he tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://topick.hket.com/article/3399017/%E3%80%90%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E7%A2%BA%E8%A8%BA%E3%80%91%E7%AB%8B%E6%B3%95%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E5%93%A1%E6%9E%97%E9%A0%86%E6%BD%AE%E5%BF%AB%E6%B8%AC%E9%99%BD%E6%80%A7%E3%80%80%E4%B8%8A%E5%91%A8%E4%BA%94%E6%9B%BE%E8%88%87%E5%A4%9A%E4%BA%BA%E5%90%88%E7%85%A7 |title=【議員確診】立法會議員林順潮快測陽性 上周五曾與多人合照 |date=14 November 2022 |website=Hong Kong Economic Times |author=趙居逸 |access-date=27 May 2025 |language=zh}}</ref>
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