{{Short description|Hong Kong mathematician, spouse of Carrie Lam}} {{Family name hatnote|Lam|lang=Hong Kong}} {{expand Chinese|topic=bio|date=July 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lam Siu-por | birth_name = | honorific_suffix = | native_name = {{nobold|林兆波}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk | image = Lam Siu-Por in 2017 (cropped).jpg | caption = Lam in 2017 | office = 4th Spouse of Chief Executive of Hong Kong | term_label = In role | term_start = 1 July 2017 | term_end = 30 June 2022 | 1blankname = Chief Executive | 1namedata = Carrie Lam | predecessor = Regina Leung | successor = Janet Lam | education = Maryknoll Fathers' School | alma_mater = University of Hong Kong (MPhil)<ref>{{cite web|title=On ex-homotopy theory and generalized homotopy products|url=https://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/32376|publisher=The University of Hong Kong|date=1978|language=en|access-date=10 May 2020|archive-date=2 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602195702/http://hub.hku.hk/handle/10722/32376|url-status=live}}</ref><br>University of Cambridge (PhD) | occupation = Mathematician | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1954|3|28}} | birth_place = British Hong Kong | citizenship = {{plainlist| *Chinese (Hong Kong) ({{small|1997–}}) *British}} | spouse = {{marriage|Carrie Lam|1984}} | children = 2 | module = {{infobox scientist| |embed=yes |field=Mathematics |thesis_title=Unstable Algebras over the Steenrod Algebra and Cohomology of Classifying Spaces |thesis_year=1982 |thesis_url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/832505411 |doctoral_advisor=Frank Adams |doctoral_students= }} | module2 = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes | c = 林兆波 | j = Lam4 Siu6 Bo1 | p = Lín Zhàobō }} }}
'''Lam Siu-por''' ({{lang-zh|t=林兆波|j=Lam4 Siu6 Bo1}}; born 28 March 1954) is a Hong Kong mathematician and the husband of Carrie Lam, who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022.
==Career== Lam earned his doctorate in algebraic topology from the University of Cambridge in 1983, after writing his thesis under the direction of Frank Adams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lam Siu Por |url=https://scholars.croucher.org.hk/scholars/lam-siu-por |website=scholars.croucher.org.hk |publisher=The Croucher Foundation |accessdate=22 December 2019 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035638/https://scholars.croucher.org.hk/scholars/lam-siu-por |url-status=live }}</ref>
He used to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and had stayed in the UK.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Ng |first1=Phoebe |date=27 March 2017 |title=Sign of times as couple put off golden years |url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=181236 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402114424/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=181236 |archive-date=2 April 2017 |accessdate=28 March 2017 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> Lam also taught short courses at the Capital Normal University in Beijing before his wife announced her candidacy for chief executive in December 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://math.cnu.edu.cn//xzhd1/84805.htm|title=短期课程班--李群分类空间的同调群 Homology of classifying spaces of Lie groups|date=9 May 2016|language=zh|accessdate=3 April 2017|website=School of Mathematical Sciences, Capital Normal University|archive-date=4 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404043211/http://math.cnu.edu.cn//xzhd1/84805.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== With Carrie Lam, Lam Siu-por has two sons, Jit-Si Jeremy and Yeuk-Hay Joshua{{ill|Joshua Lam|lt=|zh|%E6%9E%97%E7%B4%84%E5%B8%8C}}, both of whom studied in Great Britain.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lau|first1=Kenneth|title=Mom's the word for a retired Lam|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=168932|website=The Standard|accessdate=28 March 2017|language=en|date=4 May 2016|archive-date=13 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113121619/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=168932|url-status=live}}</ref>
He and his two adult sons hold Hong Kong and British nationality, allowing Carrie Lam the ability to move to the UK alongside her family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carrie Lam in the spotlight: A profile of Hong Kong's Chief Executive |url=http://theindependent.sg/carrie-lam-in-the-spotlight-a-profile-of-hong-kongs-chief-executive/ |access-date=25 June 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128153917/https://theindependent.sg/carrie-lam-in-the-spotlight-a-profile-of-hong-kongs-chief-executive/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-09|title=Hong Kong can't tolerate more 'chaos', says Lam on protest movement anniversary|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200609-hong-kong-can-t-tolerate-more-chaos-says-lam-on-protest-movement-anniversary|access-date=2020-11-25|website=France 24|language=en|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506164118/https://www.france24.com/en/20200609-hong-kong-can-t-tolerate-more-chaos-says-lam-on-protest-movement-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political views== In a closed-door meeting during the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests, Carrie Lam said that Lam had told her she would be "condemned by history".<ref>{{Cite web |title=北京向唐英年摸底換特首 林鄭：「老公話我係歷史罪人！」｜壹週刊 |url=https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_705169_0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221025741/https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_705169_0 |archive-date=21 December 2019 |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=壹週刊}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2019 |title=【移交逃犯修例】引述林鄭閉門稱「老公話我係歷史罪人」 選委：佢無藥可救｜852郵報 |url=https://www.post852.com/289970/%e3%80%90%e7%a7%bb%e4%ba%a4%e9%80%83%e7%8a%af%e4%bf%ae%e4%be%8b%e3%80%91%e5%bc%95%e8%bf%b0%e6%9e%97%e9%84%ad%e9%96%89%e9%96%80%e7%a8%b1%e3%80%8c%e8%80%81%e5%85%ac%e8%a9%b1%e6%88%91%e4%bf%82%e6%ad%b7/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221025801/https://www.post852.com/289970/%e3%80%90%e7%a7%bb%e4%ba%a4%e9%80%83%e7%8a%af%e4%bf%ae%e4%be%8b%e3%80%91%e5%bc%95%e8%bf%b0%e6%9e%97%e9%84%ad%e9%96%89%e9%96%80%e7%a8%b1%e3%80%8c%e8%80%81%e5%85%ac%e8%a9%b1%e6%88%91%e4%bf%82%e6%ad%b7/ |archive-date=21 December 2019 |accessdate=21 December 2019 |work=852郵報 |language=zh-HK}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=林鄭月娥的自我催眠神功 {{!}} 顧書維 |url=https://www.hkcnews.com/article/25152/2019區議會選舉-林鄭月娥-25152/林鄭月娥的自我催眠神功 |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=Citizen News |language=zh}}</ref>
During the ceremony of the 20th anniversary of the handover of Macau in 2019, Lam was spotted not clapping and not singing during a group sing-along of the patriotic song "Ode to the Motherland" led by Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=20 December 2019 |title=Carrie Lam's husband spotted not clapping during patriotic Xi Jinping sing-along |url=http://shanghaiist.com/2019/12/20/carrie-lams-husband-spotted-not-clapping-during-patriotic-xi-jinping-sing-along/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220170908/http://shanghaiist.com/2019/12/20/carrie-lams-husband-spotted-not-clapping-during-patriotic-xi-jinping-sing-along/ |archive-date=20 December 2019 |access-date=21 December 2019 |website=Shanghaiist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=林兆波出席澳門回歸晚會神情木然 眾人拍掌他獨企 引網上熱議|url=https://www.hk01.com/政情/412443/林兆波出席澳門回歸晚會神情木然-眾人拍掌他獨企-引網上熱議|accessdate=21 December 2019|date=20 December 2019|last=陳綽嵐|work=香港01|language=zh-HK|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221021711/https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/412443/%E6%9E%97%E5%85%86%E6%B3%A2%E5%87%BA%E5%B8%AD%E6%BE%B3%E9%96%80%E5%9B%9E%E6%AD%B8%E6%99%9A%E6%9C%83%E7%A5%9E%E6%83%85%E6%9C%A8%E7%84%B6-%E7%9C%BE%E4%BA%BA%E6%8B%8D%E6%8E%8C%E4%BB%96%E7%8D%A8%E4%BC%81-%E5%BC%95%E7%B6%B2%E4%B8%8A%E7%86%B1%E8%AD%B0|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The video of CCTV13 Live capturing Lam Siu-Por's not clapping during the sing-along led by Xi Jinping.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXjrbXyyp-E|accessdate=21 December 2019|language=zh-Hans-CN|archive-date=20 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220175748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXjrbXyyp-E|url-status=live}}</ref> This was seen by some as a silent act of support for Hong Kong's pro democracy movement.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="CmmMC1"/> An editorial compared Lam's behavior to August Landmesser's refusal to perform the Nazi salute with fellow workers during the reign of Nazi Germany.<ref name="CmmMC1">{{Cite web|title=澳門回歸典禮上 數千嘉賓都鼓掌 只有「他」垮著臉不拍手|url=https://www.cmmedia.com.tw/home/articles/19123|accessdate=21 December 2019|work=www.cmmedia.com.tw|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925223815/https://www.cmmedia.com.tw/home/articles/19123|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Research== According to the mathematics review database zbMATH Open, Lam has only one publication so far, published when he was completing his PhD.
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{cite book|title=On Ex-Homotopy Theory and Generalized Homotopy Products|author=Lam Siu-por 林兆波|publisher=Open Dissertation Press|year=2017|isbn=9781374732780}}
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