Kuan Vai Lam

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Kuan Vai Lam
Kuan Vai Lam
Kuan Vai Lam

Kuan Vai Lam (Guan Weilin; Chinese name: 關偉霖) is a politician from Macau, China. He was once known as the "Red Man of the Real Estate Sector". He has been involved in the areas of religion, sports institute, youth development, gaming, real estate, etc. He is a member of the Election Committee of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region, and has been appointed as a member of the Foshan Nanhai Political Consultative Conference since 2017. He also ran for the Macau Legislative Assembly in 2013 as the first candidate in the "Caring for Macau" category and in 2017 as the second candidate in the "New Alliance for the Development of Macau" category, but was unsuccessful in both elections.[1]

From 2014 to 2016, he was appointed as a member of the Sports Committee of the Sports Development Board.[2] He is also the Executive Vice President of the Macao Buddhist Association,[3] President of the Macao Responsible Gaming Association,[4] President of the Youth Dream Association, Chairman of the Land Management Development Strategy Association,[5] President of the Macao Real Estate Association,[6] and Chairman of the Board of Directors of China Commercial Vehicle Trading Co.

Biography

As a child, Kuan Vai Lam grew up in the early 1960s, when the entire Macau economy was in the doldrums and most families had to work hard for low wages. His parents worked in a cottage style factory, and his siblings grew up on free milk powder from the church and attended the church's free school. In the 1980s, when I graduated from high school, I was one of the first Macau locals to join the civil service in the Macau government, and was envied for the generous pay. With the development of Macau, he then joined the construction industry, starting as a surveying apprentice and a construction site inkwell worker, accumulating experience little by little. In 1984, Mr. Kwan's application was approved by the government and at the age of 20, he became the youngest builder to hold a builder's license in Macau.[7]

In 2000, Mr. Kuan Vai Lam's company developed the Macau International Business City project and gathered a group of MICE talents, from which he founded the Macau Convention and Exhibition Industry Association, planting the foundation for the MICE industry in Macau.

Mr. Kwan is the Chairman of Sheng Macao International Sports, Culture and Entertainment Development and Promotion Company Limited, a company that aims to promote and publicize Macau by bringing famous sports teams from all over the world to Macau for tournaments, famous bands or singers to perform in Macau, and providing high competitive level tournaments and high quality cultural activities for Macau people to watch. Over the years, Mr. Kwan has sponsored many major sports events in Macau, such as the Chelsea Macau Football Challenge, the Macau South Bay Lake Water Show, the world famous Grand Prix Macau, and the Macau International Dragon Boat Races. He has made it his mission to promote the development of sports in Macau and to make Macau known to the rest of the world through the appreciation of sports events and activities, to attract overseas visitors to Macau, to stimulate the Macau economy, and to raise Macau's international profile, especially in the international sports arena. Mr. Kuan Vai Lam (Guan Wei Lin) has been dedicated to his duties and dedication in fostering sports and cultural colors in Macau, and has won the praise of everyone for his good deeds.

In 2009, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of China and the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Macau SAR, Mr. Kwan's entertainment company organized a number of large-scale concerts, inviting famous singers, such as Lin Chi Cheung, Hui Chi On and So Wing Hong, to sing for the motherland and perform for the people of Macau.

Community and business involvement

President of Macau Responsible Gaming Association

The gaming industry has made great contributions to the economic and social development of Macau since the handover, but it has been affected by the external economic cycle, and over the years, the society's over-reliance on the gaming industry has led to economic uncertainty and the emergence of some social problems, including the rights of gaming employees, tobacco control in casinos, human resources of small and medium enterprises, and increased inflation. The gaming industry, as the leading industry in Macau, has a great impact on the economy and society of Macau, and its development requires social consensus. Before the liberalization of gambling rights, there was only one gaming company, and at that time, employees were restricted from entering casinos to participate in gambling activities. After the liberalization of gambling rights, the number of gaming enterprises has increased from one to six and a large number of subsidiary VIP halls have been created, making it difficult to restrict employees from entering other casinos to gamble, not to mention the absence of special measures to ban casinos. Recently, the government intends to go back to the basics and reintroduce the law that prohibits frontline gaming employees from entering casinos to gamble.

The phenomenon of local gambling in Macau is now much more serious than before the opening of gambling rights. The danger of gambling is not insignificant, as small gambling is good for the soul, while big gambling can lead to the loss of a fortune or even the death of a family. Although more and more casinos are competing to attract customers by adding non-gaming elements such as entertainment and food, not everyone is immune enough to refrain from gambling activities on their own. For this reason, the government has raised the age of entry into casinos from 18 to 21 in order to avoid premature exposure to gambling for young people who are mentally immature and to protect their healthy and normal physical and mental development. Personally, I believe that for the sake of Macau's long-term stability, it is urgent to address the "foot ban" on frontline gaming employees.

President of Macau Youth Think Tank Association

In response to the country's call for "mass entrepreneurship and innovation", Kuan Vai Lam has called for the establishment of a youth entrepreneurship think tank association in Macau, and founded a series of programs to assist young people in starting their own businesses, including the "Youth Entrepreneurship Mentorship Program" jointly organized with the Macau SAR Government to build a bridge between successful entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs and help them grow. Kuan Vai Lam told the reporter helplessly that, in his opinion, most Macao people's career planning is more focused on the immediate future, for example, young people are bent on joining the government as civil servants or choosing a job in a foreign company after graduation, which has created a mentality of "making quick money" in society, and they are unable to make their own long-term planning in time. This has led to a bottleneck of mismatch and shortage of human resources in Australia. Although all sectors of the community want to promote upward mobility in the workplace for local people, especially young people, unfortunately, how many of them are willing to enter the workplace for real training? With his own personal experience, he warned young people that a real career needs to start from scratch and accumulate from the grassroots step by step, and nowadays no newcomers are willing to join the grassroots jobs in Macau. At a time when all sectors are actively responding to the government's policy of appropriate diversification, it is all the more necessary for the young generation to enter all levels of society and grow step by step.

In view of this, Guan Sheng, an experienced businessman, is very concerned about the growth and development of young people in Macau, and is dedicated to providing a quality platform for young people to start their own businesses. He has rented out a floor of his property, Shun Tat City, to young entrepreneurs at a discounted rate, providing them with free promotional services. In 2015, he renovated the Pak Ma Hong Chinese Theatre and spent $30 million to renovate the shopping mall, aiming to turn it into a base for local cultural and artistic creation. Of course, as Guan Sheng said, "Young people cannot get something for nothing. I hope they can make use of this preferential policy to really start their own business, and I hope they can find their own value by using it properly." When asked by reporters why they did not choose direct financial support, Kuan Vai Lam explained that the failure rate of first-time entrepreneurs is extremely high, and many of them are "full of ideals, but the reality is very skeletal", and without the guidance of experienced people, they will encounter many problems. For example, some young people who have taken training courses on coffee making or coffee pulling think they are capable of opening a coffee shop, but in reality, the operation is not so simple. For example, after successfully renting a shop, you may have to wait for a business license, and lack of experience, you have to hire foreign employees who are not familiar with the local culture to help, and often do not have enough money to survive for a period of time, and then end up in failure. "I now work and have lunch with a group of young people every week, communicating with them about the difficulties they encounter and understanding their needs, hoping to help them find a way out with my own experience. It is clear from his words that he cares for and values young people's entrepreneurship in Macau, and is not only willing to share but also to guide them.

Other public welfare

In 2015, he joined hands with other Macao residents to set up the "Min Fu Social Welfare Foundation" and donated RMB 15 million, including RMB 1 million to support the education of Shaoguan College, RMB 1 million to build the Nanhai Jiujiang Elderly Home, and an annual donation to support the Jiujiang Family Dragon Boat Team, etc. In 2018, he accompanied the Nanhai District CPPCC to Nanhai In 2010, he received the "Charity Contribution Award" from the Foshan Municipal Government, and in 2012, he was awarded the title of "South Guangdong Philanthropist" by the Lions Club of Guangdong.

At the beginning of the epidemic in 2020, as Hong Kong had already implemented the "Customs Closure" to the Mainland on February 8, and Macao also started to implement the "Customs Closure" to the Mainland in the early hours of February 19, Kuan Vai Lam organized members of the Foshan Municipal Association (at all levels) of the Macao Members' Association to collect important medical supplies in the shortest possible time, and donated 100,000 disposable masks and 1,100 sets of medical protective clothing to the Foshan Red Cross. sets. In order to transport the masks back to their hometown smoothly, Kuan Vai Lam and Chan Ka Ho staged a relay of mask transportation: first Chan Ka Ho transported the masks to Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and then Kuan Vai Lam transported the masks to Zhuhai before Macau "closed the border", and the municipal association then sent a car to pick up the masks back to their hometown.

Recent positions

Kuan Vai Lam

Kuan Vai Lam's recent positions:

  • World Squash Federation approved Level 1 coach and referee
  • Director of the weekly newspaper of the Macau Forum
  • Vice President of World Real Estate Federation Macau Chapter
  • President of Macau Squash Association
  • Vice President of Macau Buddhist Association
  • Vice President of Macau Convention and Exhibition Association
  • President of Macau Shaolin Wushu Cultural Association
  • Supervisor of the Macau Geographical and Mapping Association
  • Honorary Advisor of the Macao Federation of Neighborhood Associations
  • President of the Macau International Association for the Promotion of Guan-Di Culture
  • President of Macau Green Building Association

References

  1. ↑ "關偉霖：情系家鄉“山水間”共謀文旅“詩意濃”". 南海新聞網. 2020-07-29. https://nanhaitoday.com/nhxww/articles/2020/07/29/330d1862731d4132b847a98f1150cbde.html. Retrieved 2022-09-06. 
  2. ↑ "2014第一期 2014-2016年度體育委員會選舉". 2014-01-12. https://www.sport.gov.mo/zh/macaosport/type/show/id/1172. Retrieved 2022-09-06. 
  3. ↑ "關偉霖不評論廟宇違法". 正報. 2019-02-04. http://www.chengpou.com.mo/dailynews/4148.html. Retrieved 2022-09-06. 
  4. ↑ "關偉霖：莊荷賭場禁足有效構建安全網". 新聞報. 2017-10-10. https://www.themacaonews.com/political/201710118/. 
  5. ↑ "關偉霖：落重藥解決澳門人資短缺問題". 新聞報. 2018-11-27. https://www.themacaonews.com/political/2018112806/. 
  6. ↑ "關偉霖：疫症過後澳門經濟很快回升". 新聞報. 2020-02-04. https://www.themacaonews.com/headline/20200204/. Retrieved 2022-09-06. 
  7. ↑ 关伟霖：勤耕二十载,美誉耀濠江:濠江.
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