Preceded by Tsang Tak-sing Appointed by Donald Tsang Secretary Raymond Tam Preceded by Jasper Tsang | Preceded by Adeline Wong Name Lau Kong-wah Succeeded by Ronald Chan | |
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Education City University of Hong Kong, University of Exeter, St. Paul's College, Hong Kong Political party United Democrats of Hong Kong, Civil Force | ||
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Lau Kong-wah, JP (born 22 June 1957, Hong Kong), also called Ray Lau, 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.
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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.
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. Lau lost his seat in the Hong Kong Legislative Council in 2012. But on 20 December 2012, he was appointed as undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs by the Hong Kong government to oversee political reforms.