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579:. From July 2002 to September 2011 he was Secretary for Constitutional Affairs. Lam then replaced Henry Tang as the Chief Secretary for Administration, with nine months of the term remaining, due to Tang's resignation from the post in advance of his expected trot to the Chief Executiveship. Lam has enjoyed the lowest popularity ratings among the three key secretaries – chief secretary, finance secretary and justice secretary – and in May 2012 scored 37.3 points out of 100. 79: 646:). In 2011, his alleged "manipulation" of political development – in particular, the so-called "replacement mechanism" for filling vacancies in the Legislative Council caused by resignations, led to objections to his promotion to Chief Secretary, including a protest march of more than a thousand people, led by the 605:
Lam decided to leave politics upon the expiry of his term of office on 30 June 2012; He became the official with lowest opinion poll since HK SAR Government was established in 1997. After the end of his term, he went to the
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meeting, Lam was criticized by the pan-democrats for pocketing millions of dollars in government salary, while making no progress in constitutional development. Lam was dubbed “
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Lam joined the Hong Kong government administrative service in October 1978. He held senior positions as Administrative Assistant to the
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from 1989 to 1991. He was the Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs from 1994 to 1996. He was the director of the
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in 1978 and then began his public service career. During his early years in the civil service he attended the
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to the People's Republic of China, he was the Director of Administration and Development in the
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to improve cooperation between Hong Kong and Taiwan trade. He also met with
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Co-ordination Office from 1996 to 1997. In this role he was appointed an
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OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS. Wednesday, 11 July 2007.
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as Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
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Index

Hong Kong name
surname
Lam
The Honourable
GBM
GBS
OBE

Chief Secretary for Administration
Donald Tsang
Henry Tang
Carrie Lam
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
Tung Chee Hwa
Donald Tsang
Michael Suen
Raymond Tam
Hong Kong
Alma mater
University of Hong Kong
BSS
University of London
LLB
University of Oxford
PGDip
Chinese



Cantonese

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