Gabriel Lam Cheuk-wai (traditional Chinese: 林焯煒; simplified Chinese: 林焯炜, born 13 November 1933) is a Roman Catholic priest for the Diocese of Hong Kong.
[1][2] Lam was among 200 guests from Hong Kong to be invited by the Chinese government for the 35th anniversary of the People's Republic of China in 1984.
Thus, he reportedly became the first Catholic official from Hong Kong to be invited by to mainland China since the establishment of the PRC in 1949.
The invitation was originally intended to be for Cardinal John Baptist Wu, the bishop of Hong Kong, but due to his prior commitments in Europe, the diocese recommended Lam as the alternative.
[2] Lam served as sole vicar general from 1975 onwards, and alongside John Baptist Tsang (曾慶文[3]) starting in 1985.