- Richard Lam
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name = Richard Lam
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chinesename = 林振強
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pinyinchinesename = lin2 zhen4 qiang2
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birthdate = 1947
birthplace =Hong Kong
deathdate =November 17 ,2003
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occupation =Lyricist ,columnist
genre =Cantopop
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awards =Richard Lam Chun-Keung was a
Cantopop lyricist with several hundred Cantopop songs to his name, and acolumnist for "Apple Daily " and "Next Magazine " inHong Kong .Career
Lam was a graduate of
Salesian English School, Hong Kong andUniversity of California, Berkeley . He started out as acopywriter for anadvertising agency owned byWong Jim and Lam's sister Eunice. Lam was inspired by Wong to become a songwriter.Lam was hired as creative director of the Giordano clothing chain in 1988 by then-owner
Jimmy Lai . When Jimmy Lai entered the media industry, Lam followed him, becoming a consultant and later columnist for "Apple Daily " and "Next Magazine ".###@@@KEY@@@### s-ach|awsuccession box
title=Golden Needle Award ofRTHK Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Award
years=2003
before=Jacky Cheung
after=Liza Wang
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