Samson Tam

{{Short description|Hong Kong politician and businessman}}

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| name = Samson Tam Wai-ho

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| caption = Samson Tam during the 2008 elections

| office= Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

| term_start1 = 1 October 2008

| term_end1 = 30 September 2012

| predecessor1 = Sin Chung-kai

| successor1 = Charles Mok

| constituency1= Information Technology

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|2|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hong Kong

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| occupation =Company director

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| alma_mater = Chinese University of Hong Kong {{small|(BSc)}}
Hong Kong Polytechnic University {{small|(PhD)}}

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Samson Tam Wai-ho, JP ({{zh|t=譚偉豪}}) (born 26 February 1964 in Hong Kong) was an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Functional constituency, Information Technology) from 2008 to 2012. He is the chairman and one of the founders of Group Sense (International) Limited, the manufacturer of "Instant-Dict" ({{zh|t=快譯通}}) 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.[http://dse.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/Opportunity2007/speakers/SamsonTam.html Dr. Samson Tam 譚偉豪博士] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721085848/http://dse.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/Opportunity2007/speakers/SamsonTam.html |date=21 July 2011 }} He is also the president of Kitchee SC.

Samson won the seat of functional constituency (information technology) in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong election in the year 2008, defeating Charles Mok, by 35 votes.[http://mis-asia.com/news/articles/technology-advocate-wins-it-seat-in-hk-legco-election Technology advocate wins IT seat in HK Legco election]

In the run-up to 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.[http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/news.htm?main&20100620&56&677062 Divisions remain over DP compromise] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929070658/http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/englishnews/news.htm?main&20100620&56&677062 |date=29 September 2012 }}, The Standard, 20 June 2010

In the year 2012, Samson lost his seat in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong to Charles Mok, by 765 votes.[http://hk.news.yahoo.com/fcresults.html "各功能界別選舉結果"][http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2012/eng/result/rs_fc_Z.html "Traditional Functional Constituency Election"]