Dr. Tam joined the CUHK Department of Anthropology in 1989 before finishing her Ph.D. at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1992. Her recent research focuses on the ideology and practice of family membership among men and women, particularly as manifested in mistress-keeping across the Hong Kong-China border. Presently, she is editing a book on the women of South China, and another one on the change in Tung Chung before and after the construction of the Chek Lap Kok Airport.