Lau Kong-wah

Lau Kong-wah
Lau Kong-wah
Traditional Chinese	劉江華
Simplified Chinese	刘江华
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liú Jiānghuá
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Làuh Gōng-wàh
Jyutping	Lau4 Gong1-waa4

The Honourable
Lau Kong-wah
JP
The Honourable Lau Kong-wah JP
劉江華
Secretary for Home Affairs
	Incumbent
	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
	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
	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
	In office; 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Quat
Constituency	New Territories East
	In office; 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998; (Provisional Legislative Council)
Personal details
Born	22 June 1957 (age 67); Hong Kong
Political party	United Democrats (1991–93); Civil Force (1993–present); DAB (1998–present)
Spouse	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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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

DAB website

^ 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 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)
^ "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
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
New parliament	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 Clement Cheung Secretary for the Civil Service

[1] 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 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

[2] "劉江華墮馬市民熱賀"

[3] Yau, Thomas (25 June 2010) "Reluctant James To toes the party line" Archived 10 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[4] 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.

[5] "劉江華遭自己人扯下馬"

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