Ir. Dr. Hon. Samson Tam Wai Ho, JP

FHKIE  MHKCS  MIET  MIEEE
Member of Legislative Council (Information Technology) 2008 - 2012

Samson Tam is a home-grown IT man with an international orientation, with a bachelor degree from CUHK and a doctorate from Hong Kong Polytechnic. He was bitten early by the business bug. In 1989, at age 24, he successfully launched his first invention. By 1993, Tam’s company, with him as Chairman, was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. It now counts iconic multinationals among its blue-chip clients. Tam himself was named one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” in year 1997.  

Tam takes his civic duties seriously, serving bodies both within and without the IT industry. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the HKPC. Previously, he also sat on the government’s Commission on Strategic Development. He represented the Information Technology Sub-sector in the 2006 Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Committee. He is a member of VTC’s Information Technology Training and Development Committee, the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee and the Small and Medium Enterprises Committee.

He knows that creativity is the essence of the IT industry. Nurturing creative entrepreneurship keeps the industry growing. He has been willing to participate in angel investments to help out local budding IT entrepreneurs.

In June 2008, in recognition of his service and leadership in technology and the community, Tam was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by HKUST, the leading technological university in Asia.

He is successfully elected to be the Legislative Councillor (ITFC) in September 2008.