Dr Lam Shan Muk (more commonly known by his pen names, Lam Hang Chi and Shih Wei De) was born in 1940 and raised on the Mainland. After coming to Hong Kong, he joined the Ming Pao Daily in the early 1960s. After studying Economics at the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, he returned to Hong Kong in 1969 and joined the Ming Pao Evening News, leading its financial section.
Dr Lam founded the Hong Kong Economic Journal in 1973 and the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly in 1977. For twenty five years, he wrote a daily column, Politics and Economics Review, in which he analysed Hong Kong and international affairs. Dr Lam's articles are widely acclaimed for being objective, insightful and well-argued. Since 1997, Lam Hang Chi's Column has seen him writing about an even wider range of subjects, including economic theories that interest him, and which he hopes the reading public will find educational and interesting too. His writing has been anthologised into over 100 books in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Mainland. Dr Lam was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1991 and an honorary degree from Lingnan University in 1999.
In recognition of his contributions to the journalism sector in Hong Kong, the University has resolved to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.
