Lau Wong-fat

**Lau Wong-fat** (_'劉皇發_), GBM, GBS, JP (15 October 1936 – 23 July 2017) was a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He had been the long-time chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, 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.

Lau died on 23 July 2017 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong at the age of 80 of Parkinson's disease.

He was made Justice of the peace in 1973. In 1981, he was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1989.

## Other websites

- List of positions held by Lau Wong-fat, Webb-site

## Infobox (politician)

- **honorific-prefix**: Dr the Honourable
- **name**: Lau Wong-fat
- **native name lang**: zh-hk
- **honorific-suffix**: Grand Bauhinia Medal, GBM, Gold Bauhinia Star, GBS, Justice of the Peace, JP
- **image**: Lau Wong-fat at Victoria Park 20100619.jpg
- **imagesize**: 180px
- **birth place**: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
- **death place**: Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
- **party**: Federation for the Stability of Hong Kong, FSHK
 Liberal Party (Hong Kong), Liberal Party
Economic Synergy
Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong, BPA
- **term start1**: 30 October 1985
- **term end1**: 25 August 1988
- **predecessor1**: _New constituency_
- **successor1**: Cheung Yan-lung
- **constituency1**: Regional Council (Hong Kong), Regional Council
- **term start2**: 12 October 1988
- **term end2**: 22 August 1991
- **appointed2**: Sir David Clive Wilson, David Wilson
- **term start3**: 9 October 1991
- **term end3**: 30 June 1997
- **predecessor3**: _New constituency_
- **successor3**: _Council abolished_
- **constituency3**: Heung Yee Kuk (constituency)#Rural (1991–97), Rural
- **term start4**: 22 February 1997
- **term end4**: 8 April 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
- **term start5**: 1 July 1998
- **term end5**: 30 September 2004
- **predecessor5**: _New parliament_
- **successor5**: Lam Wai-keung
- **constituency5**: Heung Yee Kuk (constituency), Heung Yee Kuk
- **term start6**: 1 October 2004
- **term end6**: 30 September 2008
- **predecessor6**: Ip Kwok-him
- **successor6**: Ip Kwok-him
- **constituency6**: District Council (First), District Council
- **office1**: Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council
- **term start7**: 1 October 2008
- **term end7**: 30 September 2016
- **predecessor7**: Lam Wai-keung
- **successor7**: Kenneth Lau
- **constituency7**: Heung Yee Kuk (constituency), Heung Yee Kuk
- **office8**: Chairman of the Regional Council of Hong Kong, Regional Council
- **term start8**: 1 April 1995
- **term end8**: 31 December 1999
- **predecessor8**: Lam Wai-keung
- **successor8**: _Council abolished_
- **office9**: Chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk
- **term start9**: 1 June 1980
- **term end9**: 31 May 2015
- **predecessor9**: Wong Yuen-cheung
- **successor9**: Kenneth Lau
- **office**: Non-official Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Executive Council
- **term start**: 21 January 2009
- **term end**: 30 June 2012
- **appointed**: Donald Tsang
- **office10**: Chairman of the Tuen Mun District Council
- **term start11**: 6 January 2012
- **term end11**: 31 December 2015
- **predecessor11**: Leung Kin-man
- **successor11**: Leung Kin-man
- **term start10**: 1985
- **term end10**: 1 April 2011
- **predecessor10**: Ricky C. C. Fung
- **successor10**: Leung Kin-man
- **alma mater**: Ling Shan College
- **nationality**: Right of abode issue, Hong Kong#Citizenship and residence in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chinese
- **spouse**: Lau Ng Mui-chu
- **children**: Kenneth Lau
- **residence**: Hong Kong
- **occupation**: Politician and businessman