Hang Lung Mathematics Award | Carrie Lam's "Speaking Numbers" Using Mathematics to Manage: Art and Science Coexist

Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's husband, Lin Zhaobo, is a mathematician. When she attended the mathematics awards ceremony on Wednesday (15th), she used a mathematical metaphor to govern, describing both as "art and science coexisting to produce the best results."

The art of public administration is "thinking out of the box", and there is enthusiasm to build more livable places.

In her speech, she also revealed that Mathematics runs in my family. In her speech on many mathematics activities, the source of her ideas is also attributed to her family. She also often hears "beauty hypothesis" at the dinner table at home. "" (a beautiful hypothesis), "elegant proof" and other adjectives.

Attend a math event and give a speech to family members to provide ideas

In her speech at the "Hang Lung Mathematics Award", Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that she actually didn't know why she attended so many mathematics events, and said with a smile that she hoped that she would not be invited to this event again.

She also said that in the past speeches when attending mathematics activities, if the family members did not provide ideas, there would be no topics such as modern mathematics and geometry.

However, she joked that her family had run out of ideas, so she implemented her "self-reliance spirit" and contacted mathematics and 40 years of governance experience.

She described both mathematics and governance as "art and science coexist to produce the best results." Mathematics originates from observation and leads to identifying problems and finding answers through repeated experiments and tests.

In terms of governance, policy makers also need to observe what is happening in society and identify problems that need to be resolved.

She also pointed out that policymakers must weigh the pros and cons of the plan and strive to balance it.

Xiaoyan often listens to "beauty hypothesis" and "elegance proof" for dinner at home

In terms of the art of both, Carrie Lam’s indexologist is guided by aesthetics as much as intellectual curiosity (guided by aesthetics as much as intellectual curiosity), so she says with a smile that she often hears the "beautiful hypothesis" (a beautiful hypothesis) at the dinner table at home. , "Elegant proof" and other adjectives.

The art of governance is intense creativity, that is, "thinking out of the box."

Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor expressed that she is proud of the many mathematics talents cultivated in Hong Kong, and said that her team prioritizes "STEM" education.

She also said that the Education Bureau recently announced the "Values ​​Education Curriculum Framework", calling on principals and teachers to cultivate students' national identity, law-abiding, sense of responsibility, integrity and other positive values.

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