Doubts over Lam London sighting

Former chief executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was seen at Heathrow Airport in London with husband Lam Siu-por, a former TVB anchor residing in the UK has said - but this is at odds with a source who claimed to have seen Lam attending a Cantonese opera performance at Sha Tin Town Hall on Saturday.

Former TVB anchor Chris Wong Chun-yin cited sources who said the couple was seen taking the Heathrow Express at Terminal 5 and getting off at Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station.

He said Lam was seen in a surgical mask while her husband was maskless, and they were accompanied by bodyguards.

Wong in his social media post said that the tip was "reliable."

But the other source denied Wong's claim, saying that Lam was in fact at a Cantonese opera performance in Sha Tin Saturday evening.

"Nonsense! I saw her at Sha Tin yesterday," the source said.

The Sing Fai Children Cantonese Opera 2022 performance began at 7.30pm on Saturday at Sha Tin Town Hall.

Even if Lam had taken CX 251, which left Hong Kong at 10.56pm and arrived in London at 5.41am on July 17, Wong, who posted the message at 10.46pm on Saturday, could not have predicted her arrival in advance.

The former CE had earlier said she will visit her two sons who are not in Hong Kong some time after leaving office.

Her eldest son Jeremy Lam Jit-si, a University of Cambridge graduate, is completing his PhD at the University of Dublin in Ireland.