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What citizenship did Law Kwok-tai hold from 1929 to 1997?
Law Kwok-tai Law Kwok-tai ( or transliterated as Lo Kwok Tai ; born 5 August 1929 ) , is a football coach and a former Republic of China ( Taiwan ) international footballer , but born and spent his entire playing and coaching career in the British Hong Kong , a colony that geographically located in the southern China . Law retired as a professional footballer in 1976 , aged 47 . That season he was a player-manager . He coached until the 1990s , at aged 60s . At international level he played for Republic of China ( Taiwan ) in the Olympics as well as Asian Games and AFC Asian Cup . He also played for Hong Kong League XI in non-official match in Merdeka Tournament , as well as Hong Kong Chinese team in another friendly tournament , Ho Ho Cup . Club career . At club level , Law played for Eastern of the Hong Kong First Division League . International career . Law participated in the 1960 Olympics for the Republic of China ( Taiwan , now played as Chinese Taipei ) . He played his only appearance in that tournament , against Brazil . He also played in 1960 and 1968 AFC Asian Cup , as well as 1958 Asian Games , where he won the goal medal . He scored against his native Hong Kong in 1968 AFC Asian Cup . He also represented Hong Kong League XI , a scratch team of the Hong Kong Football Association ( HKFA ) for 1957 Merdeka Tournament , a friendly tournament . The team was mainly composed of players from the football club Eastern , but most of them in fact ineligible to Hong Kong team , who already played for aforementioned Republic of China ( Taiwan ) . He also represented another team Hong Kong Chinese team in 1959 , against Costa Rican club Deportivo Saprissa in a friendly match and against Malayan Chinese team in the Ho Ho Cup . The team was selected by the Chinese Football Association of Hong Kong , a sub-association of HKFA , the and China National Football Association of Taiwan . Coaching career . After retirement as a professional footballer , Law became a football coach . He coached Eastern , ( as player-manager in 1975–76 season and in the 1980s ) , Kwong Wah , Sea Bee , Tsuen Wan , Po Chai Pills , Happy Valley , as well as Martini ( 1990–91 ) and Singtao ( 1991 to ? ) in the 1990s . Those clubs were all based in Hong Kong . Sea Bee . Law was hired as the head coach of Sea Bee in 1977 . He coached the team until the end of the 1981–82 Hong Kong First Division League . He also attended an advanced coaching course that was conducted by a West German coach as well as sponsored by the West German Consulate General Hong Kong in 1980 . Tsuen Wan . Law was the head coach of Tsuen Wan from 1982 . He was dismissed in January 1983 . Eastern ( second and the third spells ) . Law was the head coach of Eastern in the 1980s . He resigned in April 1985 . The club also promoted his assistant But Wai-hong ( ) as head coach . Law was re-hired by Eastern in November 1985 as vice-manager ( ) and head coach ( ) . In the next season , Law and Leung Chun-kuen ( ) were hired as joint-head coach ( ) of Eastern in June 1986 . The latter was promoted from footballer and would attended coaching class in August 1986 in the United Kingdom . In June 1987 , Law was re-assigned from the head coach to the technical consultant ( ) of Eastern . Soon later he left the club . Po Chai Pills . Law was hired as head coach by Po Chai Pills , a newcomer of 1987–88 Hong Kong First Division League in 1987 . The club is a namesake of the Po Chai Pills , a proprietary Chinese medicine . The club relegated back to the second division in 1988 . Happy Valley . Law and ( ) were hired by Happy Valley as joint-head coach in 1988 , while the former manager ( ) Mr . Leung/Leong/Liang ( ) was assigned a more administrative role by the head ( and financial contributor ) of the football section ( ) of the club , Ricky Yu Kam-wai ( ) , as an assistant of Yus brother , Lawrence Yu Kam-kee . He won Hong Kong First Division League with Happy Valley in 1989 . However , his contract was not renewed . Martini . Law was hired by Martini ( ) , a club from the second division as head coach in the 1990–91 season . He resigned in January 1991 but changed his mind in the same month . He resigned again in March 1991 . Singtao . Law was hired by Singtao in June 1991 , replacing ( ) . Honours . - As player - Asian Games - 1958 ( Republic of China or Taiwan ) - As coach - Hong Kong First Division League - 1988–89 ( Happy Valley ) Personal life . Law was known for pro-Republic of China ( Taiwan ) as his political affiliation . In 1962 , an advertisement on New Evening Post , claimed Law and some of the footballers , congratulated the 12th anniversary of the establishment of New Evening Post , a pro-Peoples Republic of China ( Communist Party of China ) newspaper . However , another open letter on , a pro-Republic of China ( Taiwan ) and Kuomintang newspaper , Law and three other people , declared that they did not endorse to put their names on the advertisement . Law died on 1 September 2013 in the Eastern Hospital , Hong Kong , according to Eastern Football Team ; or before 2014 , according to former teammate Law Pak during an interview .