Lau Kong Wah, also known as Ray Lau, JP

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) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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 representing the New Territories East constituency. On 14 October 2008, Sir Donald Tsang

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, the Chief Executive of Hong Kong

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, appointed Lau as a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong

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, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Jasper Tsang on becoming President of the Legislative Council.

Lau is a member of the pro-People's Republic of China Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong and founder of Civil Force. He is Chairman of the Panel on Transport in the Legislative Council.

Education

Lau Kong-wah graduated from the University of Exeter

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 and the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong

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.

Political career

Lau was a member of the United Democrats of Hong Kong

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 (one of the predecessors of the Democratic Party

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). After losing in the 1991 LegCo election

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, running as 'Ray Lau', he left the party and founded the Civil Force

Civil Force

Civil Force is a community alliance in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1993 by a former member of United Democrats of Hong Kong, Lau Kong-wah and 8 other Sha Tin District Board members. The group is active on local district...

. He subsequently joined the DAB in 1998.