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Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja GBS, OBE, JP | |
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| Born | (1928-05-02)2 May 1928 (age 97) Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Republic of China |
| Alma mater | University of Shanghai University of Chicago University of Michigan |
| Spouse | Gilbert Lam Kwong-kui |
| Children | Vivian Lam Wai-wai |
| Parent(s) | Pei Tse-Ziang Chan Chee-yin |
Peggy Lam Pei Yu-dja,GBS,OBE (Chinese:林貝聿嘉; born 1928) is a Beijing loyalist politician inHong Kong. She is the chief executive officer of theFamily Planning Association of Hong Kong.
She graduated from theUniversity of Shanghai with a Bachelor of Arts. She received a certificate infamily planning from theUniversity of Chicago and a certificate in Public Health Administration from theUniversity of Michigan.
Lam is the second youngest cousin of architect,I. M. Pei.
She was a member of thePreparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. She was also a member ofLegislative Council and theChinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and Chairman of theWan Chai District Council.
In 2000, Lam was the chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Women,[1] an organisation formed under the direction of Beijing to align pro-China forces.[2]
She was appointed as theJustice of the Peace in 1981. She later awarded theMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1985, theOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993. After the establishment ofHKSAR, she was awarded theSilver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 1998 and theGold Bauhinia Star (GBS) in 2003.[3]
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| Preceded by | Chairman of theWan Chai District Council 1985–2003 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by James Kung Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star | Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star | Succeeded by Alice Lam Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |