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He is the son of industrialist tycoon Lim Por-yen and his second wife U Po-chu. Peter Lam Kin Ngok was born in Hong Kong, in 1957 to Guangdong Teoyeo descendants. He is the son of industrialist tycoon Lim Por-yen and his second wife, U Po-Chu.
After his graduation, he returned to Hong Kong to help his father, eventually becoming the vice-chairman of Lai Sun Group.
At the age of thirteen, he was sent to Canada for four years of high school, after which he attended the University of Oregon where he graduated in 1987.
He is well-known for HongKong business and entertainment industry. Now he is the Chairman of Lai Sun development company, Lai Fung Holdings, Hong Kong Tourism Board, and a director of e-sun holdings. He also owns Media Asia Entertainment Group and Clot Media Division.
He has two brothers, Lam Kin Ming and Lam King Hong.
In 1997, Lam purchased Furama hotel for 6.9 billion Hong Kong dollars to rebuild it even though the idea was strongly opposed by his father Lim Por-yen. Unfortunately it is during the time Asian economic crisis struck, the property market nose-dived, forcing Lai-Sun Group to borrow money from the bank, and this led them to be in debt of hundred billion Hong Kong dollars
After this bad experience, Lam put more focus on his entertainment business.
The first step to him becoming an entertainment magnate came in 2002, when the movie produced by his company, Internal Affairs, enjoyed huge success. In 2004, Lam and Hong Kong singer Leon Lai started a music groupAmusic which recruited famous Hong Kong singers.
In 2009, Peter supported Sharon Cheung to start a free movie website "Goyeah.com".
This is the first time in Hong Kong movies were shared online for free. The website"s main revenue is from commercials
In February,22, 2013, Hong Kong government announced they will appoint Peter Lam Kin Ngok as the new chairman of Hong Kong Tourism Board replacing James Tien. In the same year, he was elected by members to the standing committee of the twelfth CPPCC national committee.
Peter who loves cigar owns a cigar shop in Hong Kong.
He also loves horse racing. He also enjoys "Buttman" Batman based humour T-shirts.
In Million darling"s six times appearance, he has been in the top four every single time, sadly due to leg injury, he was forced to retire in 2011, his total stakes was 939,475 Hong Kong dollars. In early 2008, Lam deflected a speeding offence when he successfully challenged the correct use and validity of laser speed detectors by the police.
Lam was allegedly clocked at 114 km/h in a 50 km/h zone.
He eventually pled guilty to driving at 79 km/h, and was fined Hong Kong$450.
