Lau Wong-fat
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The Honourable Lau Wong-fat GBM, JP |
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| 劉皇發 | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 8 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Lam Wai-keung |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Lau |
| Constituency | Heung Yee Kuk |
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In office 6 October 2004 – 16 July 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Ip Kwok-him |
| Succeeded by | Ip Kwok-him |
| Constituency | District Council |
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In office 2 July 1998 – 13 July 2004 |
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| Preceded by | New parliament |
| Succeeded by | Lam Wai-keung |
| Constituency | Heung Yee Kuk |
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In office 22 February 1997 – 8 April 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) |
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| Constituency | Rural |
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In office 9 October 1991 – 23 June 1997 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | abolished |
| Chairman of the Tuen Mun District Council | |
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In office 6 January 2012 – 31 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Leung Kin-man |
| Succeeded by | Leung Kin-man |
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In office 1985 – 1 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ricky C. C. Fung |
| Succeeded by | Leung Kin-man |
| Chairman of Heung Yee Kuk | |
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In office 1 June 1980 – 31 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Wong Yuen-cheung |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Lau |
| Non-official Member of the Executive Council | |
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In office 21 January 2009 – 30 June 2012 |
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| Appointed by | Donald Tsang |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 October 1936 Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party |
Economic Synergy Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal Party (1993–2008) Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong (1991–93) |
| Spouse(s) | Lau Ng Mui-chu |
| Children | Kenneth Lau |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | Ling Shan College |
| Occupation | Legislative Councillor |
| Religion | Buddhism |
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| Traditional Chinese | 劉皇發 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 刘皇发 | ||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liú Huáng fā |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Làuh Wòhng faat |
| Jyutping | Lau4 Wong4 faat3 |
Lau Wong-fat, GBM, JP (Chinese: 劉皇發, born 15 October 1936 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Heung Yee Kuk constituency. He was a member of Hong Kong Executive Council and chairman of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, which represents the interests of the New Territories establishment. He was also the chairman of Tuen Mun District Council.
This political strength in rural Hong Kong has been morphed into power centrally and with the Beijing government. He earned his prestige by fighting for the New Territories indigenous interests by insert an article in the Hong Kong Basic Law to ensure their privileges remained protected after Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 when he was a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee. For this, together with his extensive ownership of land and property, he is known as the "King of the New Territories" (新界王) or the "Land Emperor of the New Territories" (新界土皇帝). Billionaire Lau is politically identified as part of the pro-Beijing camp. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.
At the age of 22, Lau was selected by local villagers to be a representative of Tuen Mun, the youngest ever village leader. He became chairman of the Tuen Mun Rural Committee in 1970, a position he held for 41 years, until in April 2011 the committee amended its constitution to limit any chairman to no more than two four-year terms. However, he was re-elected as chairman of the rural committee in 2015.
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