Samson Tam
Samson Tam Wai-ho, JP was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 2008 to 2012. He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" Chinese-English electronic dictionary. He graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a BSc degree. Afterwards he was awarded a PhD by Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received “The Young Industrialist Award of Hong Kong” in 1992 and was named one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” in 1997. He is also the president of Kitchee SC.
Samson won the seat of functional constituency in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong election in the year 2008, defeating Charles Mok, 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.
In the year 2012, Samson lost his seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to Charles Mok, by 765 votes.
