# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lau-wong-fat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:39:05.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lau-wong-fat"
name: "Lau Wong-fat"
slug: "lau-wong-fat"
description: "Lau Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP was a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He had been the long-time chairman of the Rural Council, the most powerful organ representing the interests of the New Territories indigenous inhabitants from 1980 to 2015. He was also a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1985 to 2016. From 2009 to 2012 he was a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. He had also served as the member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Regional Council and the Tuen Mun District Council."
tagline: "Hong Kong politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lau_Wong-fat_at_Victoria_Park_20100619.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1936-10-15"
deathDate: "2017-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.45652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Wong-fat"
    title: "Lau Wong-fat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Wong-fat"
    title: "Lau Wong-fat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lau_Wong-fat"
    title: "Lau Wong-fat"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E7%9A%87%E7%99%BC"
    title: "劉皇發"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%89%E7%9A%87%E7%99%BC"
    title: "劉皇發"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6497659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump