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Lau Wai Hing Emily

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Chinese journalist and politician in Hong Kong

ChinaPoliticiansBorn 1952 · age 74
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Emily Lau Wai-hing is a Hong Kong politician. A former journalist, she became the first woman directly elected on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1991 LegCo elections.

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Photos 5

Emily Lau at the forum on the 1987 Green Paper: Review of Developments in Representative Government.Emily Lau at the forum on the 1987 Green Paper: Review of Developments in Representative Government.Emily Lau at the 1 July protest in 2005.Emily Lau at the 1 July protest in 2005.Lau at the City Forum in 2010Lau at the City Forum in 2010Lau in 2018Lau in 2018

Awards 2

2003Monismanien Prize
Bruno Kreisky Award for Services to Human Rights

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About this person

Emily Lau Wai-hing is a Hong Kong politician. A former journalist, she became the first woman directly elected on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1991 LegCo elections. She has served as Legislative Councillor for the New Territories East Constituency throughout the 1990s and 2000s until she stepped down in 2016. She was chairperson of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong until 2016.

Country
China
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74
Written about in
14 languages

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