Miriam Lau

Miriam Lau
Chairman of the Liberal Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2008
Honorary Chairman	James Tien
Vice Chairman	Vincent Fang Selina Chow
Preceded by	James Tien
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 May 1998
Constituency	Transport & Communication
In office 25 January 1997 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
In office 17 September 1995 – 30 June 1997
Constituency	Transport & Communication
In office 22 September 1988 – 17 September 1995
Constituency	Appoined

Miriam Lau Kin-yee, GBS, OBE, JP (simplified Chinese: 刘健仪; traditional Chinese: 劉健儀), former married name Miriam Lau Lau Kin-yee, (born 24 July 1947 in Mainland China) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the transport industry functional constituency. Lau was the acting-chairperson of Legco from 2004 to 2008.

Lau is currently the chairwoman of the Liberal Party after James Tien's resignation following the party's poor performance in the 2008 Hong Kong legislative election.

Lau is a solicitor and was with the law firm of Alfred Lau, her ex-husband, from 1979 to 2001. Lau currently is a partner with the Chinese firm of King & Wood Mallesons specializing in litigation.

See also

• Politics of Hong Kong

External links

• Legco profile (2000-04)

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New seat	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Transport and Communication constituency 1995 – 1997	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Transport constituency 1998 – present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by James Tien	Chairman of the Liberal Party 2008 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Wong Yung-kan Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Emily Lau Member of the Legislative Council