- The Governor General of Canada
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Fung Fai Lam
Toronto, Ontario
Grant of Arms, with differences to Sann Sann Grace Lam and Kakay Lam
March 9, 1998
Vol. III, p. 214
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a four-legged Chinese dragon each leg with three claws grasping between the foreclaws a film sprocket Or pierced of the field charged with a television picture tube Or;
Crest
Issuant from a circlet of evergreen and willow branches Vert a demi bear Or holding in the dexter forepaw two maple leaves slipped Gules;
Motto
In Chinese, meaning “Righteousness and charity”.
Differenced Arms for Sann Sann Grace Lam, daughter of Fung Fai Lam
The Arms of Fung Fai Lam debruised of a three-point label Argent; this individual will inherit the Arms of the Recipient following his death;
Differenced Arms for Kakay Lam, son of Fung Fai Lam
The Arms of Fung Fai Lam within a bordure Or;
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on January 30, 1999, in Volume 133, page 180 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Linda Nicholson
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Individual