Chua Lam, Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa


Mr. Chua Lam published his first article in Singapore’s Nanyang Business Daily when he was only 14 years old. At 16 years old, he left Singapore for Japan to study films; later, he worked for Shaw Brothers in Japan and travelled all over the world. In 1963, the then 22-year-old Chua Lam settled in Hong Kong and held the position of Production Manager in Shaw Brothers Ltd. A decade later, he became Vice President of Golden Harvest and produced a series of Jackie Chan films. Chua Lam has been a columnist writer for more than forty years. Starting from the 1980s, he’s published over 300 books of various types, including travel journals, prominent figures, food critics, jokes, and life philosophies, among which he became most recognized for his food critics articles. Along with Cha Leung-yung, Ni Kuang, and Wong Jim, Mr. Chua Lam is widely credited as one of Hong Kong’s Four Great Wits. In the mid-1990s, Mr. Chua Lam forayed into the food and beverage industry and introduced many popular products; in 2013, he launched his online store on the mainland, where the products have become widely popular. Chua Lam was a judge on the Japanese Fuji TV series Iron Chef. He’s also hosted a series of food TV programs, including Chua Lam Life is Fun, Chua’s Choice -World, Chua Lam Market Trotter, Chua’s Choice – Cuisines, Chua San Feast, and Chua Lam’s Happiness in Asia. In recent years, Chua Lam now self-produces Chua Lam Colorful World on his YouTube channel and collaborates with mainland audio-video platforms in taping the Chua Lam Life Is Fun TV series.