Raymond Lam was born in
Xiamen, China, on 8 December 1979, but moved to Hong Kong at the age of 2. His father, Lam Kwok-Wah (林國華), is a real-estate property developer in the mainland referred to as "Xiamen's Li Ka-shing" (廈門李嘉誠;
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ē-mn̂g Lí Ka-sêng) who sits on the board of seven real estate and construction companies.
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While his first languages are Cantonese and
Hokkien, Lam studied in
Kiangsu and Chekiang Primary School, a primarily Mandarin-speaking primary school in pre-
Handover Hong Kong and is thus also fluent in Mandarin and English.
[2] Raymond Lam's childhood dream was to become a professional singer and dancer. He studied in
St. Paul's College, Hong Kong for Secondary School. Following that, he studied
architecture in
Xiamen University for 1st Year, and then completed the rest at
University of Southern California, majoring in architecture and minoring in music.
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