constituency death_date successor death_place birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
south new territories 27 march 2008 daniel lam shanghai , people 's republic of china shanghai , republic of china association -rrb- united democrats of hong kong -lrb- 1990 -rrb- for democracy and people 's livelihood -lrb- 1980s member of the legislative council 4 august 1946 30 october 1985 richard lai
 25 august 1988 richard lai sung-lung 雷聲隆 director bolton institute of technology leeds university -lrb- phd -rrb-
richard lai

richard lai sung-lung , -lrb- 4 august 1946 , shanghai , republic of china -- 27 march 2008 , shanghai , people 's republic of china -rrb- was a former member of the legislative council of hong kong .
lai was born in shanghai in a family doing jewellery and property business before he moved to hong kong in 1950 .
he studeid textile industries at the bolton institute of technology and leeds university and worked as the director in textile companies .
he was also the fellow of the institution of works manager , textile institute , institution of industrial managers and british institute of management .
he served as the vice-chairman of the hong kong productivity council .
he was appointed to the tsuen wan district board and elected to the legislative council in the indirect election in 1985 through south new territories electoral college constituency consisting of members of the tsuen wan and sai kung district board .
he failed to be reelected in 1988 .
