Peter Lai
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Peter Lai Hing-ling JP |
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| 黎慶寧 | |
| Secretary for Security of Hong Kong | |
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In office July 1, 1995 – August 30, 1998 |
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| Born | 1951 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Queens College |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黎慶寧 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 黎庆宁 | ||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Líqìngníng |
Peter Lai Hing-ling, JP was Secretary for Security of Hong Kong from 1995 to 1998, spanning the Handover of Hong Kong.
Lai graduated from Queens College with a first-class honors degree in history (majoring in Modern Chinese History).While at the University he worked to create the school's newspaper, The Courier (文苑), which continues to publish today.
In 1973, he joined the Administrative Service, and held various political and managerial posts, including in the New Territories Administration, the Urban Services Department, the Immigration Department, the Lands and Works Branch, the Civil Service Branch and the Constitutional Affairs Branch.
In the mid-1980s he took part in the negotiations between Britain and China on the future of Hong Kong, which led to the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, as well as in negotiations in 1993 about Hong Kong's new political system. He also contributed to the drafting of the Basic Law.
In February 1995 Lai was appointed the first ethnic Chinese Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong Government, and he remained in this post until his resignation in mid-1998, the year following the Handover, when he emigrated to the United Kingdom. It was speculated that he had to resign since he was also responsible for British intelligence work in Hong Kong, and also because of his strong stance in refusing to share the information held by Hong Kong Police with the Beijing government, though these claims have been dismissed by the Hong Kong government.
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