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Ray Lau Kong-wah
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劉江華
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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 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 67) 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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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.
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.
Lau was a member of the United Democrats of Hong Kong (a predecessor 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]
On 14 October 2008, Chief Executive Donald Tsang appointed Lau a non-official member of the Executive Council, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Jasper Tsang, a role he held, in parallel with his Legco seat, until June 2012.
In 2012, Lau lost his seat in the 2012 Hong Kong Legislative Council Election.[5][6]
On 20 December 2012, he was appointed undersecretary for constitutional and mainland affairs by Chief Executive CY Leung, tasked with overseeing political reforms. During the 2014 Occupy movement, as one of five officials representing the government in the televised debate with 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 of Secretary for Home Affairs, a post he held through into the administration of Carrie Lam. He was removed from the post in a cabinet reshuffle on 22 April 2020.[8][9]
Political offices | ||
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New constituency | Member of Sha Tin District Board Representative for Tsang Tai Uk 1985–1999 |
Succeeded by |
New title | Member of Regional Council Representative for Sha Tin West 1986–1994 |
Succeeded by |
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 | Non-official Member of Executive Council 2008–2012 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Member of Sha Tin District Council Representative for Tin Sum 2012 |
Succeeded by Pun Kwok-shan |
Preceded by | Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs 2012–2015 |
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Preceded by | Secretary for Home Affairs 2015–2020 |
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
New parliament | Member of Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998 |
Replaced by Legislative Council |
Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories East 1998–2012 |
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