Samson Tam
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Justice of the Peace
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(born 26 February 1964 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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) is an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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(Functional constituency
Functional constituency
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, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
). He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense (International) Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" Chinese
Chinese language
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-English
English language
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electronic dictionary
Electronic dictionary
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. He graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
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with a BSc
Bachelor of Science
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degree. Afterwards he was awarded a PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
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degree by Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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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
Ten Outstanding Young Persons
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” in 1997.
Samson won the seat of functional constituency (information technology) in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
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election in the year 2008, defeating Charles Mok
Charles Mok
Charles Peter Mok is a Hong Kong based Internet entrepreneur and IT advocate. He founded HKNet in 1994, and contributed the company's expansion as a major IP telecommunications operator in Hong Kong before its acquisition by NTT Communications in 2000...
, by 35 votes.
In the run-up to the 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.