Lam Chiu Ying

Lam Chiu-ying , also known by the nickname 'Black Ying' , He is also an honorary fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, an honorary university fellow of the University of Hong Kong, as well as the honorary president of the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society. Microplanet 64288 Lamchiuying is named after Lam.

Biography Youth Lam was first interested in astronomy as a Primary 6 student. In Form 2, He received a Commonwealth scholarship and went to Imperial College London, where he studied meteorology instead of physics for the fear that physics would lead to wars. After a few months, he decided to go to the United States. The lecturer wrote him a letter of recommendation, saying that he was his best post-war student. However, he had only studied at Princeton University for three weeks before dropping out, saying that he wanted to get a job instead of studying theories.

Observatory Lam joined the Royal Observatory Hong Kong as a Scientific Officer on 4 May 1974. He has promoted a 'family-friendly' workspace for employees, encouraged employees to go home on time and organised activities where the family of employees could also participate. Some criticised this decision as being against the usual practice of the Observatory, while an astronomer criticised the Observatory's warning system, saying that the Observatory should also have taken into account the wind speed of the New Territories and outlying islands. The Office of the Ombudsman received 140 complaints. Some even urged him to resign.

In July 2007, Lam fell from a horse in Mongolia and was seriously injured. He received a brain operation in September. In July 2008, another incident occurred and he had to be hospitalised for a week.

Soon after, Typhoon Nuri hit Hong Kong. The Observatory was criticised for hoisting a Typhoon Signal No. 8, which some considered unnecessary, and hoisting it too late. There was also confusion regarding the Chinese word '清晨', which Lam later explained. Lam denied that the Observatory had underestimated the strength of the typhoon. He said that he would not do any work for pay after retirement, but would continue to accept invitations to share his ideas.

Retired life In January 2010, Lam criticised the government in his blog for endorsing the building of houses in Long Valley by 'influential people' using the name of 'diversified development'. As a result, a legislator wrote to Carrie Lam seeking explanation. Carrie Lam ordered the Planning Department to contact him. On 4 February, Lam sent his position paper to departments of the Development Bureau as a resident, detailing arguments for the preservation of the Valley and raising questions about the government being 'soft' on 'influential people'. Carrie Lam dismissed it as 'absurd', while the Department implied that at least twenty out of eighty hectares of the Valley were used for building.

Lam also hosted the Radio Television Hong Kong Channel 1 show Sentient Beings from 3 July 2010 to 25 December of the same year. He is also an honorary fellow of the University of Hong Kong and lectures at the Geography and Resource Management Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In November 2010, Lam criticised the government's policy to cut classes in his blog. As the president of the King's College Old Boy's Association, he wrote that the government was cutting back the opportunity for upward social mobility of students from grassroots families. Michael Suen, the Secretary for Education, replied that the chances would not be reduced as the total number of students were on a decreasing trend.

Conservation Lam had been dismissive of man-made climate change until 2001, when he read the Third Assessment Report on global warming from IPCC publishings. Since retirement, Lam has given talks about the climate. As of August 2010, Lam has given 130 talks and 40 interviews.

In 2013, Lam spoke out strongly against proposals to use country park land for housing.

Lam also advocates against the use of air conditioners, due to their high electricity usage and release of chemicals into the environment, both of which contribute to global warming. According to Lam in 2022, he has "not switched on the air-conditioner [for himself] for something like 10 years." Lam instead promotes the use of USB-charging fans, which Lam says can increase airflow to replace or supplement the use of an air conditioner, while using less electricity.