Lau Kong-wah
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Ray Lau Kong-wah, JP (born 22 June 1957, Hong Kong), also called Ray Lau,[1][2] is a former Hong Kong Government official and former member of both the Legislative Council and the Executive Council. Until 2020, he was Secretary for Home Affairs.
In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lau. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Ray Lau and the Chinese-style name is Lau Kong-wah.
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Ray Lau Kong-wah | |
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劉江華 | |
Secretary for Home Affairs | |
In office 21 July 2015 – 22 April 2020 | |
Chief Executive | Leung Chun-ying Carrie Lam |
Preceded by | Tsang Tak-sing |
Succeeded by | Caspar Tsui |
Under Secretary of the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs | |
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 | (1957-06-22) 22 June 1957 (age 66) 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. |
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Simplified Chinese | 刘江华 | ||||||||||||
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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.