“I find President Xi more and more charismatic and admirable in the things that he is doing and saying.”
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Carrie Lam
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the fourth Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022, after serving as Chief Secretary for Administration for five years.
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Born 13 May 1957 · Q19217
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2026· 8 entries
“s new hardline leader? But although Mr Lee has Beijing”
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“lawbreaking activities in the name of freedom”
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“As senior management, they may not know every act of their employees, but this cannot be a liability-escape clause. As head of an organisation, just like me as the [Hong Kong] chief, I have to take responsibility for everything.”
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“will not be eligible for consular protection, including consular visits, so that is very clear.”
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“We cannot bear to see that with the infiltration of politics into school campuses, students are drawn into political turbulence or even misled to engage in illegal and violent acts.”
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“I do not feel guilty. What wrong have I done? I have introduced a piece of legislation for very good reasons.”
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“I completely accept this criticism.”
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2022· 3 entries
“What I find very disturbing and I cannot accept is the association of their resignation with the implementation of the national security law or the practice of individual rights and freedoms in Hong Kong.”
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“You name me which western country does not have national security law. They have national security legislation far more draconian than the Hong Kong national security law, which is very well-defined.”
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“having considered the situation and of course the need to maintain a more stable infection situation in Hong Kong, we have decided that we will maintain the status quo up to the 30th of June, 2022”
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2021· 2 entries
Reported claimRated False. Photos and videos from the local news media clearly show the syringe used to inoculate Chief Executive Carrie Lam was filled from a Sinovac vial. · annie lab
annie lab rated the claim “Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam was not given the COVID-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac but instead, given a vaccine in a prefilled syringe manufactured by a European pharmaceutical company.” False. Photos and videos from the local news media clearly show the syringe used to inoculate Chief Executive Carrie Lam was filled from a Sinovac vial..
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“s constitutional order and political system are”
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2020· 3 entries
Boom Live rated the claim “Photos show a Hong Kong pro-democracy banner labelling the territory's leader Carrie Lam "a jerk".” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Photo shows Hong Kong pro-democracy banner calling Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam 'a jerk'” Satire.
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“I was very disappointed that the college slandered others in an unfounded and unreasonable manner. Therefore, it was difficult to persuade myself to continue to have any contact with Wolfson College, so I also returned the honorary academician title.”
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2019· 2 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Hong Kong police officers express opposition to Chief Executive Carrie Lam” False.
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“for a Chief Executive to have caused this huge havoc to Hong Kong is unforgivable. It”
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2018· 1 entry
When the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) hosted a lunchtime talk with Chan Ho-tin on 14 August
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2017· 5 entries
Lam promised in her election manifesto that she would extend Hong Kong's anti-bribery laws to cover the Chief Executive position
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Career landmark: Chief Executive of Hong Kong (2017–2022).
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“So if you asked me today about what I said in 2017, 2018, 2019 as chief executive, I can tell you it”
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“on South China Morning Post, 15 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2020. I would have this to say – that our primary responsibility is to find the right opportunity and create the necessary conditions for us to put into effect the local legislation, before we need a committee to ensure the legislation is being effectively enforced. Carrie Lam (2018) cited in”
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2018, 2019 as chief executive, I can tell you it's meaningless
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2016· 1 entry
Won Grand Bauhinia Medal (2016).
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2015· 1 entry
Lam cited the eight Beatitudes, saying "Some said that the eighth blessing applies very well to me – it says, 'blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven' – there is
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2013· 1 entry
Was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Social Sciences by Lingnan University and was made an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government in 2015
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2012· 3 entries
Lam led the Development Bureau in cracking down unauthorised building works largely found in the indigenous villages in the New Territories, though SCMP noted that Lam had turned a blind eye towards the issue in 2010
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Which has been subject to abuse amidst a land crunch
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Career landmark: Chief Secretary for Administration (2012–2017).
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2011· 1 entry
Lam oversaw amendments to the Code of Practice for Fire Safety, which simplified the application process for building open kitchens in apartments instead of separated kitchens, enabling property developers to more easily
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2007· 4 entries
Her husband and both sons are British citizens, while Lam herself renounced her British citizenship to take up the principal official post in the Hong Kong government in 2007.
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When she was appointed Secretary for Development
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Lam wrote to the Heung Yee Kuk's then-chairman, Lau Wong-fat, reassuring him that villagers suspected of illegally transferring their ding rights would not be criminally prosecuted
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Career landmark: Secretary for Development (2007–2012).
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2000· 1 entry
Lam was promoted to the position of Director of the Social Welfare Department during a period of high unemployment and severe fiscal deficits in Hong Kong
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1984· 1 entry
Carrie married Hong Kong mathematician Lam Siu-por, whom she met while studying at the University of Cambridge
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1982· 1 entry
While she remained a civil servant, the Hong Kong government funded her further studies at the University of Cambridge, where she met her future husband, mathematician Lam Siu-por
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1980· 2 entries
After she graduated from the University of Hong Kong
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And served in various government agencies, including as Director of Social Welfare from 2000 to 2004 and Director General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London from 2004 to 2006
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-05-13.
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