Lau Kong-wah
| The Honourable Lau Kong-wah JP | |
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| 劉江華 | |
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| Secretary for Home Affairs | |
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Assumed office 21 July 2015 | |
| Chief Executive |
Leung Chun-ying Carrie Lam |
| Preceded by | Tsang Tak-sing |
| Undersecretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau | |
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In office 21 December 2012 – 21 July 2015 | |
| Secretary | Raymond Tam |
| Preceded by | Adeline Wong |
| Succeeded by | Ronald Chan |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 14 October 2008 – 30 June 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Tsang |
| Preceded by | Jasper Tsang |
| Succeeded by | Starry Lee |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012 | |
| Preceded by | New parliament |
| Succeeded by | Elizabeth Quat |
| Constituency | 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(s) | Mu Fee-man |
| Alma mater |
St. Paul College Sir Robert Black College of Education University of Exeter City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. |
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘江华 | ||||||||||||
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Lau Kong-wah, JP (born 22 June 1957, Hong Kong), also called Ray Lau,[1] is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. On 14 October 2008, Donald Tsang, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, made Lau a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Jasper Tsang upon the latter becoming President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. By the end of June 2012, Lau ceased to be a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong.
Lau is vice-president of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong political party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, and founder of Civil Force. He was, until 2012, the Chairman of the Panel on Transport in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. In 2012, Lau also lost his seat in the 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election.[2]
Education
Lau Kong-wah received secondary education in St Paul's College, Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Exeter and the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong.
Political career
Lau was a member of the United Democrats of Hong Kong (one of the predecessors 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] Lau lost his seat in the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2012.[5] But on 20 December 2012, he was appointed as undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs by the Hong Kong government to oversee political reforms.
References
- ↑ Beatty, Bob (2003). "The Game's Afoot: Democratic Openings in Hong Kong with Lasting Effect". Democracy, Asian Values, and Hong Kong: Evaluating Political Elite Beliefs. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. p. 36. Retrieved 8 December 2016 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "劉江華墮馬市民熱賀"
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "劉江華遭自己人扯下馬"
| Political offices | ||
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| New constituency | Member of Sha Tin District Board Representative for Tsang Tai Uk 1985–1999 |
Succeeded by Leung Chi-kin |
| New title | Member of Regional Council Representative for Sha Tin West 1986–1994 |
Succeeded by Ching Cheung-ying |
| New constituency | Member of Regional Council Representative for Sha Tin South 1994–1999 |
Council abolished |
| New constituency | Member of Sha Tin District Council Representative for Chun Kam 2000–2003 |
Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Pun Kwok-shan |
Member of Sha Tin District Council Representative for Tin Sum 2012 |
Succeeded by Pun Kwok-shan |
| Preceded by Adeline Wong |
Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs 2012–2015 |
Succeeded by Ronald Chan |
| Preceded by Tsang Tak-sing |
Secretary for Home Affairs 2015–present |
Incumbent |
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
| New parliament | Member of Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998 |
Replaced by Legislative Council |
| Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 1998–2012 |
Succeeded by Elizabeth Quat | |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Nicholas Yang Secretary for Innovation and Technology |
Hong Kong order of precedence Secretary for Home Affairs |
Succeeded by Ip Kwok-him Member of the Executive Council |
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