Mandy Tam

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Full Name	Mandy Tam
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1957(1957-06-08)
Age	67
Birthplace	Ho Man Tin
Horoscope	Gemini

Mandy Tam Biography

Mandy Tam is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on June 8, 1957 in Ho Man Tin, ****. Mandy Tam Heungman (Traditional Chinese Tan Xiang Wen – born 8 June 1957 in Hong Kong), is a former member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. She is a tax adviser and a columnist in the Hong Kong Economic Journal as well as other publications.

Chow Ka-leung (politician from a rival party) filed a complaint against Tam in October 2010. Tam was accused of corrupt conduct in 2008 Legislative Council elections. Tam was charged by the ICAC, Independent Commission Against Corruption, with “offering an advantage, namely, service in the form a free seminar for other persons as an incentive for them to vote for me at the election.” Tam claimed that Tam was being politically motivated and maintained that she did not offer any voting incentives through the three seminars she organized for accountants. Audrey Eu and Paul Chan, both lawmakers, expressed concern about the case.

Mid-September 2006 was a time of intense debate over the Hong Kong Government’s plans to introduce GST (General Sales Tax). Tam published interim results from a survey that Tam independently conducted on attitudes towards the GST. The HKICPA, a professional organization representing Hong Kong’s certified public accountants, distributed the questionnaires along with an editorial from the President of the Institute stating its support for the GST proposal. Only 311 of approximately 26,000 accountants in the territory responded to the survey. Of those who responded, 62% opposed the introduction General Sales Tax. Tam presented the findings of the survey and suggested that the government look at other options to increase its tax base. Many questioned the validity and reliability of the survey results, as only 1.2 percent of respondents responded. The HKICPA responded to Tam’s report with doubts about Tam’s interpretation.

Mandy Tam Net Worth

Mandy Tam is one of the richest Politician from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mandy Tam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tam was elected as a Wong Tai Sin district councillor in 2003. She was elected to the Legislative Council in 2004, representing the accounting functional constituency seat. In 2008, she was elected to the Legislative Council. She lost the seat. She was a founding member and left the Civic Party in June 2009. Two separate scandals engulfed her. One was with the HKICPA (a professional body whose members elect the LegCo’s accountancy functional constituency). The second was a result from what was believed to be a politically motivated accusation of voting corruption.

The HKICPA sent a letter to all members on 9 October 2006 informing them that it had decided to cease the distribution of Tam’s newsletter. The decision was taken because Tam, according to the HKICPA had taken a more political stance on many matters. While not directly related to the decision Tam had publicly criticised the Institute at the time in two Chinese newspapers in Hong Kong about various issues, including its pro-Government position on the GST introduction, which further damaged the already fragile relationship between the Institute and Tam. The HKICPA wrote to its members that it wanted to preserve its political independence. It also distanced itself from Tam’s personal views.

Tam was fully acquitted of the charge after trial before magistrate Gary K Y Lam on 27 May 2011, who “drew a distinction between inducement to vote for a candidate and inducement to attend an electioneering activity”. This distinction was further upheld when the case was heard on appeal in April 2012, with the judge Hon Lam J upholding the acquittal, in view of the point of law that: “It is not enough for an advantage to be offered. It has to be offered as an inducement. And an inducement to do something else is not enough: it has to be an inducement [in this case] to vote for a particular candidate [for the vote bribery charge to be upheld].” The offering of a free CPD talk to an audience of professional accountants was not judged to be of value enough to serve as an inducement to change voting preference; nor was the free nature of the talk itself considered an intention to induce to alter people’s voting preferences, although it was found to be an inducement to members to attend a talk they might otherwise not have attended. In the words of the judgement in the Court papers: “The conclusion that the Respondent [Tam] did exploit the CPD talk as an inducement to the electors to attend the tea-gathering (and to hear the speeches of Mrs Chan and herself) does not necessarily mean that she intended the CPD talk to be an inducement to vote for her… Section 11(1) itself makes it clear that offering an advantage and inducement are two different elements in the offence. Thus, a finding of advantage does not necessarily lead to a finding of inducement.” The Court upheld the acquittal and dismissed the appeal.

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