林大輝

English

Lam Tai-fai, who holds the Gold Bauhinia Star and is a Justice of the Peace, was born in Hong Kong in 1959, with ancestral roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong. He is a Hong Kong businessman and former legislator. He entered the garment and manufacturing business early on, received the Hong Kong Young Industrialist Award in 2000, was made a university fellow by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in the same year and awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by the university in 2004, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2005. He has also served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and of the Henan provincial committee of the same body. As regards the legislature, in 2008 he stood for the industrial (second) functional constituency and was returned unopposed after his main opponent suddenly withdrew, winning re-election in 2012 and serving until 2016. In the council he chaired the Panel on Education, following education policy, vocational education and institutional development, and he was also an appointed member of the Sha Tin District Council, taking part in district affairs. He is currently chairman of the Council of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Institute, taking part in the governance of higher education and elite athlete training and promoting the development of sport in Hong Kong, athlete training and patriotic education in institutions. He also speaks from time to time on youth development, sports policy and education, encouraging young people to learn about the country and shoulder responsibility through practical action.