Lam Chun-sing

Lam Chun-sing (Chinese: 林振昇; born 1981) is a Hong Kong trade unionist and politician who has been a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from the Election Committee constituency since 2022, as a member of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions. He was the chair of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions and is a member of the pro-Beijing camp.

The Honourable Lam Chun-sing
林振昇
Lam in 2023
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2022
Preceded by	New constituency
Constituency	Election Committee
Personal details
Born	1981 (1981)
Political party	Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions
Education	Chinese University of Hong Kong (BA) Hong Kong Institute of Education Tsinghua University (MPA)

Early life and education

Chun-sing graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in history programme from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003, and conducted postgraduate studies at the Education University of Hong Kong in 2004, and from Tsinghua University with a Master of Public Administration degree. Chun-sing became a trade union official^[1][2] in 2004.^[3]

Career

Chun-sing was a candidate in the 2011 Hong Kong local elections.^[4]

In the 2021 election Chun-sing won a seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from the Election Committee constituency.^[5] He was the chair of the Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions until 2017.^[1][2][6]

During Chun-sing's tenure on the legislative council he has been a member of the House, Finance, Personall Establishment, and Education committees. He is the president of the Manpower committee.^[3]

Personal life

Chun-sing practices Buddhism.^[2]

Political positions

Chun-sing is a member of the pro-Beijing camp in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He supports stricter legislation regarding labour union protests stating that "a lot of labour union stagged strikes that were unrelated to labour relations" during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.^[7]