Lau Kong-wah
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Ray Lau Kong-wah New Territories East | |
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| In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 June 1957 British Hong Kong |
| Political party | United Democrats (1991–93) Civil Force (1993–present) DAB (1998–present) |
| Spouse | Muk Fei-man |
| Alma mater | St. Paul College Sir Robert Black College of Education University of Exeter City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. |
| Lau Kong-wah | |
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Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Jiānghuá |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Làuh Gōng-wàh |
| Jyutping | Lau4 Gong1-waa4 |
Ray Lau Kong-wah,
Lau was vice-chairman of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), after founding the similarly aligned Civil Force in 1993. Before that, he was a member of a pro-democracy party, United Democrats of Hong Kong, one of the predecessors of the Democratic Party.
Political career
Lau was a member of the United Democrats of Hong Kong (a predecessor of the Democratic Party). After losing in the 1991 LegCo election, running as 'Ray Lau', he left the party and founded the Civil Force. He subsequently joined the DAB in 1998.[3][4]
On 14 October 2008, Chief Executive Donald Tsang appointed Lau a non-official member of the Executive Council, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Jasper Tsang, a role he held, in parallel with his Legco seat, until June 2012.
In 2012, Lau lost his seat in the 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election.[5][6]
On 20 December 2012, he was appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs by Chief Executive CY Leung, tasked with overseeing political reforms. During the 2014 Occupy movement, as one of five officials representing the government in the televised debate with student representatives, he was mocked for saying not a word, and was then widely represented as hiding inside a typical Hong Kong rubbish bin.[7]
On 21 July 2015, Leung moved Lau to the role of
References
- ISBN 9780275976880. Retrieved 8 December 2016 – via Google Books.
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- ^ Yau, Thomas (25 June 2010) "Reluctant James To toes the party line" Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Burton, Sandra; Colmey, John; Moriarty, Francis; Yu, Lulu (18 September 1995). "Eleventh-hour Election Fever". Time. Archived from the original on 28 October 2004. Retrieved 8 December 2014 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "劉江華墮馬市民熱賀"
- ^ "劉江華遭自己人扯下馬"
- ^ "Hong Kong officials become the butt of online jokes after Occupy crisis talks". Hong Kong Government. SCMP. 22 October 2014.
- ^ "Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)". Hong Kong Government. 20 April 2020.
- ^ "New faces Carrie Lam has enlisted to help Hong Kong tackle coronavirus impact". South China Morning Post. 20 April 2020.
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