Checkley Sin
Checkley Sin Kwok Lam (born 1957, Beijing, China) is a Hong Kong movie producer and the first person who declared his candidacy for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election. The election was originally meant to be held in March 2022, but is postponed to May 2022 due to the pandemic. Sin eventually gave up his candidacy in April 2022, making John Lee the only candiadate of the election. Early life and personal life. Sin was born in 1957. Prior to 1997, he was a police officer in Hong Kong for one year. Sin has a MBA degree  from Oklahoma City University. Politics. Sin is widely known for his pro-Beijing stances, as he supported the legislation of the National Security Law. He also criticised the actions of the pro-democracy camp on FinTV, an online finance news broadcast channel Sin has stated that he will focus on improving people's livelihood by tackling housing and medical issues. Sin also said he would finish national security legislation for Article 23 under the Basic Law within one year, as well as amending the ordinances on trade unions and societies during his term. Additionally, he proposed amending the Protection of  the Harbour Ordinance. Sin has proposed to minimize the time of public housing waiting from 6 years to 3 years. He has also pledged to solve the problems of all subdivided flats, cage homes and homeless people, as well as redistribution of land resources within 5 years. He proposed an alternate site for the East Lantau Metropolis, suggesting that developing Lamma Island would be much more effective than using twenty years for reclaiming 1700 acres of land for the East Lantau Metropolis. He stated that if the government reclaims land on the southwestern part of Lamma Island, they can obtain  more than 1500 acres of land within three years. For transportation issues, he suggested that the government should build a three-kilometre long and six-lane bridge to connect Lamma Island with Hong Kong Island as the island is currently only accessible to the public through maritime transportation. Additionally, he also proposed a “mega-prison” on Lamma Island to “concentrate all prisons and correction institutions in one place” and leave hundreds of hectares of land available in urban areas. Moreover, he has proposed to transform Lamma Island into a 'Chinese-style tourism and water sports centre, with coastal towns, seafood  restaurants, and a leisure and tourism centre that can hold up to 400 to 500 thousand guests at one time'. Sin also suggested relocating all disciplinary forces training centres to Tsing Yi, while moving most of the cemeteries and columbaria to Kau Sai Chau and Jin Island to release land in developed regions of the city. Sin also said that if the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance were amended, the waters between the old Kai Tak Airport and the Kwun Tong coastline could be developed within two years. Business career. Sin is the Vice President of the World Wing Chun  Union, a martial arts organization. Sin is Chairman for National Arts Entertainment & Culture Group. He is also Associate of The Hong Kong Institute of Bankers. Philanthropy. In 2022, Sin pledged a $5 million donation to the Lau Kar Leung Charity Foundation, which funds stuntmen's medical costs due to injury.