Lo Wai-kwok
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Ir Dr the Honourable Lo Wai-kwok SBS, MH, JP |
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| 盧偉國 | |
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| Chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong | |
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Assumed office 13 October 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Leung |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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Assumed office 10 October 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Raymond Ho |
| Constituency | Engineering |
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| Born | 1953 (age 63–64) |
| Political party | Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong |
| Alma mater |
University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong Warwick University |
| Occupation | Legislative Councillor |
| Profession | Engineer |
| Website | www |
Ir Dr Lo Wai-kwok, SBS, MH, JP (Chinese: 盧偉國; born 1953) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the chairman of the BPA.
Lo was born in the grassroots family and raised in a public estate. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and became an engineer by profession. He later obtained a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a doctoral degree of Engineering from the University of Warwick. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
He moved to the Mainland China and opened a factory there in the 1980s and became a director of a technology company. For his business success, he was awarded Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong and the JCI Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 1992. He became the president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology in 1997 and was the president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers from 2007 to 2008. He was the president of the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association in 2014 and 2015.
He has served in many public positions, including Council member of the City University of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1998, member of the Hong Kong Productivity Council from 1993 to 1997, member of the Town Planning Board, Council for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification, Research Grant Council and Advisory Council on the Environment; president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology and the Guangdong-Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Technology Enterprise; chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council. He is currently member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.
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