The Honourable Lau Kwok-fan MH |
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劉國勳 | |
Lau during the 2012 Legislative Council election
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Member of the Legislative Council | |
Assumed office 1 October 2016 |
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Preceded by | Ip Kwok-him |
Constituency | District Council (First) |
Member of the North District Council | |
Assumed office 1 January 2008 |
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Preceded by | Adrian Lau Tak-cheong |
Constituency | Yan Shing |
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Born | 28 June 1981 |
Spouse(s) | Casta Lui Dik-ming |
Alma mater | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Occupation | District Councillor |
Edward Lau Kwok-fan, MH (Chinese: 劉國勳; born 28 June 1981) is a Hong Kong politician. He is the member of the executive committee of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and member of the North District Council, representing Yan Shing. In the 2016 Hong Kong Legislative Council election, he succeeded DAB veteran legislator Ip Kwok-him in the District Council (First) functional constituency to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
Lau was born in 1981 and graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a master's degree in sociology. He joined the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in 2002. He became a member of the party's executive committee in 2009.
He first contested in the 2003 District Council election in Yan Shing for the North District Council. In the 2007 District Council election, he ran again in the Yan Shing and won and defeated Adrian Lau Tak-cheong by receiving 4,159 votes, the second highest votes in Hong Kong. He was re-elected for two more terms in 2011 and 2015.