Ray Lau Kong-wah,JP(born 22 June 1957, Hong Kong), also calledRay Lau,[1][2]is a formerHong Kong Governmentofficial and former member of both theLegislative Counciland theExecutive Council.Until 2020, he wasSecretary for Home Affairs.
Ray Lau Kong-wah | |
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Lưu giang hoa | |
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| 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 theExecutive 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 theLegislative 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 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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| Traditional Chinese | Lưu giang hoa | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | Lưu giang hoa | ||||||||||||
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Lau was vice-chairman of thepro-BeijingHong Kong political party, theDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong(DAB), after founding the similarly alignedCivil Forcein 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.
Political career
editLau was a member of theUnited Democrats of Hong Kong(a predecessor of theDemocratic Party). After losing in the1991 LegCo election,running as 'Ray Lau', he left the party and founded theCivil Force.He subsequently joined the DAB in 1998.[3][4]
On 14 October 2008,Chief ExecutiveDonald Tsangappointed Lau a non-official member of theExecutive Council,filling the vacancy left by the resignation ofJasper Tsang,a role he held, in parallel with his Legco seat, until June 2012.
In 2012, Lau lost his seat in the2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election.[5][6]
On 20 December 2012, he was appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs byChief ExecutiveCY Leung,tasked with overseeing political reforms. During the 2014Occupy movement,as one of five officials representing the government in thetelevised debatewith student representatives, he was mocked for saying not a word, and was then widely represented as hiding inside a typical Hong Kong rubbish bin.[7]
On 21 July 2015, Leung moved Lau to the role ofSecretary for Home Affairs,a post he held through into the administration ofCarrie Lam.He was removed from the post in a cabinet reshuffle on 22 April 2020.[8][9]
References
edit- ^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.ISBN9780275976880.Retrieved8 December2016– via Google Books.
- ^"Pro-China challenge to most popular legislator | South China Morning Post".25 August 1995.
- ^Yau, Thomas (25 June 2010)"Reluctant James To toes the party line"Archived10 October 2012 at theWayback Machine
- ^Burton, Sandra; Colmey, John; Moriarty, Francis; Yu, Lulu (18 September 1995)."Eleventh-hour Election Fever".Time.Archived fromthe originalon 28 October 2004.Retrieved8 December2014– viaInternet Archive.
- ^"Lưu giang hoa đọa mã thị dân nhiệt hạ"
- ^"Lưu giang hoa tao tự kỷ nhân xả hạ mã"
- ^"Hong Kong officials become the butt of online jokes after Occupy crisis talks".Hong Kong Government.SCMP. 22 October 2014.
- ^"Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)".Hong Kong Government.20 April 2020.
- ^"New faces Carrie Lam has enlisted to help Hong Kong tackle coronavirus impact".South China Morning Post.20 April 2020.