Samson Tam Wai-ho, JP () (born 26 February 1964 in Hong Kong) was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong ( Functional constituency, Information Technology) from 2008 to 2012. He is the

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. He graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a BSc degree. Afterwards he was awarded a

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. He received "The Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong" in 1992 and was named one of the “ Ten Outstanding Young Persons” in 1997. He is also the president of

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. Samson won the seat of functional constituency (information technology) in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong election in the year 2008, defeating

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, by 35 votes. In the run-up to 23 June 2010 Legco vote on the Hong Kong government's 2009 reform package, he offered his support if it included the Democratic Party's compromise proposal to have the five new district council functional constituency seats returned by popular election. In the year 2012, Samson lost his seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to

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Official site of Samson Tam
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tam, Samson 1964 births Living people Hong Kong businesspeople Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University HK LegCo Members 2008–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021

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