Lam Chiu-ying
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Lam Chiu Ying 林超英 SBS |
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| Director of the Hong Kong Observatory | |
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In office 14 March 2003 – 6 April 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Lam Hung-kwan |
| Succeeded by | Lee Boon Ying |
| Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory | |
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In office July 1992 – 14 March 2003 |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | Chinese (Hong Kong) |
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King's College, Hong Kong University of Hong Kong Imperial College London Princeton University |
| Profession | meteorologist, civil servant |
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| Traditional Chinese | 林超英 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 林超英 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Lín Chāoyīng |
Lam Chiu-ying (Chinese: 林超英; pinyin: Lín Chāoyīng), SBS, also known by the nickname 'Black Ying' (Chinese: 黑英; pinyin: Hēi Yīng), is a Hong Kong meteorologist, bird-watcher, conservationist and blogger. He was the director of the Hong Kong observatory 2003 through 2009. 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.
Lam was first interested in astronomy as a Primary 6 student. In Form 2, he decided that he wanted to enter the Hong Kong Observatory while completing a stargazing Boy Scout badge, although he later believed that the chances were slim. He obtained an A in Physics in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination, although the grade was not sustained in the A-levels, where he received an A for all other subjects he took up.
He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Hong Kong. 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.
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