{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{for|the Australian badminton player|Raymond Tam (badminton)}} {{family name hatnote|Tam|Raymond Tam|Tam Chi-yuen|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Use British English|date=February 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix= The Honourable |name=Raymond Tam Chi-yuen | native_name = {{nobold|譚志源}} | native_name_lang = zh-hk |image = Raymond Tam 20260219.jpg |caption=Tam in February 2026 |birth_date={{birth year and age|1964}} |birth_place= British Hong Kong |office = Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs |term_start = 1 October 2011 |term_end = 1 July 2017 |1blankname=Chief Executive |1namedata=Donald Tsang<br />Leung Chun-ying |predecessor = Stephen Lam |successor = Patrick Nip |office1=Director of the Chief Executive's Office |term_start1=1 August 2009 |term_end1=2011 |predecessor1=Norman Chan |successor1=Gabriel Leung<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201109/30/P201109300200_print.htm | title=Appointment of Principal Officials announced (With photos/Videos) }}</ref> |1blankname1=Chief Executive |1namedata1=Sir Donald Tsang |2blankname1=Permanent Secretary |2namedata1=Elizabeth Tse<br />Mak Ching-yu |3blankname1=Special Assistant |3namedata1=Ronald Chan |office2=Undersecretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau |term_start2=1 June 2008 |term_end2=31 July 2009 |1blankname2=Secretary |1namedata2=Stephen Lam |successor2=Adeline Wong |alma_mater=New Territories Heung Yee Kuk Yuen Long District Secondary School<br />University of Hong Kong (Bachelor of Science) }} {{Infobox Chinese|t=譚志源|s=谭志源|p=Tán Zhìyuán}}
'''Raymond Tam Chi-yuen''' is a Hong Kong politician.
He was one of the undersecretaries appointed by the Government of Hong Kong in 2008. He has an educational background in engineering, and has worked in various capacities in the civil service since 1987. He was appointed as the Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs in 2011.
==Education== Tam has a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from the University of Hong Kong.
==Career== He joined the Administrative Service in September 1987, and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B in April 2007. Tam has served in various bureaus and departments including the Central Policy Unit, the former Constitutional Affairs Bureau, the Office of the Financial Secretary, the Chief Executive's Office, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva, Information Services Department and the Home Affairs Bureau.<ref name="Info.gov.hk">Info.gov.hk. "[https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200805/20/P200805200121.htm Info.gov.hk]." ''CE appoints Under Secretaries (with photos).'' Retrieved 21 June 2008.</ref> His meteoric rise from undersecretary (D3 rank) to the director of the Chief Executive's Office (above D8 rank) in less than two years was a rarity and radical departure from normal civil service promotion.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Cheung | first=Chor-Yung | date=2011 | title=How Political Accountability Undermines Public Service Ethics: The Case of Hong Kong | journal=Journal of Contemporary China | volume=20 | issue=70 | pages=512 | issn= 1067-0564 | doi=10.1080/10670564.2011.565180 | s2cid=153530915 }}</ref>
In December 2017, Tam became a member of National People's Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124887/eleven-new-faces-picked-represent-hong-kong-chinas-national|title=Eleven new faces picked to represent Hong Kong at China's national legislature|first=Tony|last=Cheung|work=South China Morning Post|date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219042018/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2124887/eleven-new-faces-picked-represent-hong-kong-chinas-national|archive-date=19 December 2017|url-access=subscription|access-date=8 August 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
Tam left the government in 2017 after 30 years in public service. In August 2018 he became executive director, corporate affairs of the Hong Kong Jockey Club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/3/111457/Raymond-Tam-takes-up-Jockey-Club-PR-role|title=Raymond Tam takes up Jockey Club PR role|work=The Standard|date=1 August 2018|access-date=8 August 2024}}</ref>
==Undersecretary== In 2008 he was offered the opportunity to become an undersecretary for the constitutional and mainland affairs.<ref name="Info.gov.hk" /><ref>Asia Times. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828151915/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JF03Ad02.html Asia Times]." ''Hong Kong deputies disappoint .'' Retrieved 21 June 2008.</ref> He is known for renouncing his British citizenship under the 2008 Political Appointments System.<ref>RTHK. "[http://app2.rthk.org.hk/pda/news/content.php?id=494703 RTHK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004100528/http://app2.rthk.org.hk/pda/news/content.php?id=494703 |date=4 October 2011 }}." ''Tam refuses to reveal salary.'' Retrieved 21 June 2008.</ref>
==References== {{commons category|Raymond Tam}} {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-new|office}} {{s-ttl|title=Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs|years=2008–2009}} {{s-aft|after=Adeline Wong}} {{s-bef|before=Norman Chan}} {{s-ttl|title=Director of the Chief Executive's Office|years=2009–2011}} {{s-aft|after=Gabriel Leung}} {{s-bef|before=Stephen Lam}} {{s-ttl|title=Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs|years=2011–2017}} {{s-aft|after=Patrick Nip}} {{end}} {{Office of the Chief Executive (Hong Kong)}}
{{HKExco}} {{Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau}}
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