Law lok lam biography books
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Guide Index
Introduction
Tan Chor Lam (陈楚楠, also known as Tan Lian Chye, 陈连才; 1884–1971), was the youngest son of Tan Tye, a wealthy merchant. Born in 1884 in Singapore, Tan received a private Chinese education and learned English and Malay at the same time.
Along with his childhood friend and neighbour, Teo Eng Hock, Tan Chor Lam was noted for his contributions towards the 1911 Chinese revolution. Both Tan and Teo set up a newspaper, Thoe Lam Jit Poh (图南日报), in 1904 to advocate revolutionary ideals. They first met Sun Yat Sen in 1905 through both the newspaper and an introduction from Yau Lit, and became Sun’s supporters.
When a branch of Zhongguo Tongmenghui (中国同盟会, Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) was set up in Singapore, Tan was elected as the president. A few months later, in a second election, he was elected as the vice-president and played an integral role in supporting Sun Yat Sen’s revolution. After the success of the revolution in 1911, Tan held various appointment
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Lok Lam’s passion for a community’s welfare is clear from her work with the Neighborhood Resource Center of Greater Fulton since she became board president last October.
“You can be in these roles, without being an older person or very professionally accomplished,” Ms. Lam, who is in her mid-30s, says. “Anyone can do these things, if you’re passionate about something.”
Ms. Lam began working with NRC Fulton in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was struck by the institutional failures that the disease and the systemic response highlighted locally, nationally and globally. She ultimately decided to address such issues in her own way.
“I thought a lot about how my friends and family and people I don’t know in Richmond, around the country, and around the world were doing,” Ms. Lam says. She also spent time thinking about “how the pandemic exposed the ways that governments and institutions deny people their right to live in dignity.”
Ms. Lam was encouraged to reach out
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Veteran actor Law Lok Lam (羅樂林) has been acting for 40 years. During his busiest time, he filmed fyra TVB dramas simultaneously and for one year, only slept three hours every day. Already 71 years old, lag Lok Lam has scaled back his work schedule because his daughters want him to get more rest.
Close-knit Family
Extremely close with his family, Law Lok Lam still lives with his ex-wife Chan Bo Yee (陳寶儀) despite their divorce. When he turned 70, his three daughters threw him an unforgettable surprise party. lag Lok Lam said,”Every year, they will mark their calendars to eat dinner with me for my birthday, and then go to a bar–we would drink until morning if I don’t have to work the next day. That year, we went to a restaurant and suddenly the lights went on…I saw over 70 people singing happy birthday to me. My eyes suddenly filled with tears. I saw my friends, old neighbors from Kowloon City, scriptwriters and directors, and my daughters’ friends whom I’ve known since they we