Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is about to step down as the chief executive, and the outside world is paying attention to the movements of the "first family", but Lam has not disclosed the details so far.
"Hong Kong 01" found that Lin Zhengyue's eldest son, Lin Jiexi, and Lin Zhengyue's second son, Lin Josh, who "disappeared" from Harvard University in the United States after being sanctioned, are now continuing their studies and careers in Ireland and France respectively.
Lin Jiersi was awarded a scholarship last year, and he can get at least 130,000 yuan a year to study for a doctoral degree.
In an exclusive interview with the media earlier, Carrie Lam pointed out that the two sons are the people she admires the most. She praised the two for being independent, independent, and pursuing their own academic pursuits.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor once posted a photo of her with her husband and two sons.
Carrie Lam said in interview that neither of her sons was in Hong Kong
In an interview with Radio Television Hong Kong before she stepped down as chief executive, Carrie Lam revealed that her two sons were not in Hong Kong, so when she lived in Hong Kong, she sometimes traveled to the mainland and other places.
Lin Zhengyue's eldest son, Lin Jiexi, graduated from the Department of Mathematics at Cambridge University and worked as the operations manager of Xiaomi, a mainland mobile phone company. In 2019, it was reported that he resigned. After taking a master's program in Greek philosophy at University College Dublin in Ireland, there has been no news. .
Lin Jiersi awarded scholarship to study ancient Greek literature
"Hong Kong 01" found that Lin Jiersi is currently studying for a Ph.D. in the Classics Department of Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. It is believed that he has completed a master's program and obtained relevant qualifications.
In addition to philosophy, the department's courses also include literature.
In 2021, Lin Jiersi was awarded a postgraduate scholarship by the Irish government. The research scope he declared was related to ancient Greek literature.
In 2021, Lin Jiersi was awarded the Postgraduate Scholarship Programme by the Irish government. The research scope he declared when applying for the scholarship was related to ancient Greek literature.
Looking through the information, doctoral students can receive funding for a period of 3 to 4 years. The scholarship provides a bursary of 16,000 euros (about 132,000 Hong Kong dollars) each year, and an expenditure allowance of up to 5,750 euros (about 47,500 Hong Kong dollars), eligible research expenses A stipend of EUR 2,250 (approximately HK$18,600) is also available.
According to the website of Trinity College's Department of Classics, it takes three to four years to study for a doctorate in the department.
Lin Jiesi attended an online video symposium in June last year. According to the event information, he was a first-year doctoral student at Trinity College at the time, and the content he published was about ancient Greek literature.
In April this year, the Department of Classics of Trinity College held a workshop on Greek literature, history and archaeology, and Lin Jiersi was also listed as one of the speakers.
In 2015, Carrie Lam visited Trinity College Dublin as Chief Secretary for Administration and gave a speech on "Hong Kong, Asia's World City".
Lin Zhengyue's second son, Lin Josh, is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the French Institute of Advanced Sciences until August 31 this year.
(Screenshot of IHES webpage)
Josh Lin works as a postdoctoral researcher in France
As for Lin Zhengyue's second son, Lin Josh, he announced last year that he will be a postdoc at Stanford University in the United States and the French Institute of Advanced Sciences (IHES) since the fall.
However, there is no record of Lin Yoxi as a postdoctoral researcher on the website of Stanford University's Department of Mathematics. The department announced the online lecture hosted by Lin Yoxi last November, and it only indicated that he was a researcher of IHES.
According to the IHES webpage, Lin Yoxi is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics from January 1 to August 31 this year.
In addition, the introduction also marked "Simons programme général". It is believed that Lin Yuxi's postdoctoral researcher position was funded by the Simons Foundation in the United States.
In April this year, IHES published a short video on the Internet, in which Lin Yoxi explained mathematical theory in a classroom of IHES.
(IHES YouTube)
In April this year, IHES published a short video on the Internet, in which Lin Yoxi explained mathematical theory in a classroom of IHES. I believe he is still in France.
On June 20, Lin Zhengyue was interviewed by Xincheng Radio, saying that the people she admired the most were her two sons, and praised them for being independent, independent, and pursuing their own academic pursuits.
In 2017, when Carrie Lam was running for the chief executive, her campaign office admitted in a reply to the media that Carrie Lam's husband, Lam Siu-po, and two sons, Lam Kit Si and Lam Yo-hee, still hold British loans.
(Photo of Carrie Lam's campaign office)
I once recognized that my husband and son were both borrowed from English
In 2017, when Carrie Lam ran for the chief executive, her campaign office admitted in a reply to the media that Carrie Lam’s family had obtained British citizenship through the British government’s right of abode scheme launched in the 1990s.
The campaign office pointed out at the time that when Carrie Lam became the development secretary in 2007, she had given up her British nationality and should not re-apply in the future, but her husband Lam Siu-po and two sons, Lin Jiexi and Lin Josh, still hold British national loans.
In an exclusive interview with the media at the time, Carrie Lam also admitted that Lam Siu-po had British nationality, but said that he only regarded British nationality as a "travel document" and did not think he needed to give up.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, who ran for chief executive in 2017, once uploaded a photo with her son, Lin Yohee, on Facebook.
(Carrie Lam FB)
In August 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against Chinese and Hong Kong officials who harmed Hong Kong's autonomy, and Carrie Lam was also on the sanctions list.
The fax agency found that Lin Yuexi, who was studying for a doctorate at Harvard University at the time, told his classmates that he had to go back to Hong Kong because of "urgent family matters" a month before the sanctions were imposed.
Later, there were media reports that Lin Yoxi appeared at an online academic exchange meeting early last year and admitted that he was in Hong Kong at the time, and the curtains in the background were similar to those used in Government House.
In an interview later, Carrie Lam said it was an honor for her to be sanctioned for safeguarding national security. As for whether her son, who was studying in the United States, was affected by the sanctions, she said at the time, "The family understands that if they are to make some sacrifices, they are not. I would also like to.”
In April of this year, Carrie Lam said she would no longer seek re-election as chief executive because her family believed she was "enough to return to the housing business".
In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg before leaving office, Carrie Lam stated that she would not apologize to the people of Hong Kong for anything in office, but instead she wanted to apologize to her husband and son because they chose to make sacrifices to support her in serving the people of Hong Kong and building Hong Kong into a part of the country.
In 2017, Carrie Lam's eldest son, Lin Jiexi (right), appeared to support his mother's candidacy for the chief executive.
(File photo/Photo by Luo Junhao)
Carrie Lam’s second son was hired by Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow. Last year, the U.S. sanctioned his mother and returned to Hong Kong. son sacrifice sorry