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Lau Wong-fat, GBM, JP (, born 15 October 1936 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Heung Yee Kuk constituency. He was a member of Hong Kong Executive Council and chairman of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, which represents the interests of the New Territories establishment. He is also the chairman of Tuen Mun District Council.〔Legco.gov.hk. "(''97–98 legco memo.'' )." Legco.gov.hk Retrieved on 9 October 2010.〕 This political strength in rural Hong Kong has been morphed into power centrally and with the Beijing government. He earned his prestige by fighting for the New Territories indigenous interests by insert an article in the Hong Kong Basic Law to ensure their privileges remained protected after Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 when he was a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee.〔 For this, together with his extensive ownership of land and property, he is known as the "King of the New Territories" (新界王) or the "Land Emperor of the New Territories" (新界土皇帝).〔Big5.ifeng.com. "("疑洩露樓市新政 香港“新界王”被調查" ) ifeng.com. Retrieved 9 October 2010.〕 Billionaire〔 Lau is politically identified as part of the pro-Beijing camp. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. ==New Territories politics== At the age of 22, Lau was selected by local villagers to be a representative of Tuen Mun, the youngest ever village leader. He became chairman of the Tuen Mun Rural Committee in 1970,〔Baumag.com.hk. "("劉皇發膺“新界地王 )". Retrieved 9 October 2010.〕 a position he held for 41 years, until in April 2011 the committee amended its constitution to limit any chairman to no more than two four-year terms.〔("First change in decades for Tuen Mun" ), ''The Standard'', 4 May 2011〕 However, he was re-elected as chairman of the rural committee in 2015. His longstanding membership of the Rural Committee is as village representative for Lung Kwu Tan. For many years unopposed, in January 2011, he faced the village's approximately 600 voters, after a challenge following the controversy of his failure to disclose some of his property holdings. He and his ally won comfortably, with even the defeated young candidates claiming "I just want to learn things from Fat Shuk (Fat )."〔("Lau holds village seat with election victory" ), ''The Standard'', 24 January 2011〕 As the rural committee chairman, Lau was automatically an ex-officio member of Tuen Mun District Council, and became its chairman in 1982. He briefly lost this position in April 2011 with his ousting from leadership of the Rural Committee. After failing to win a seat in the November 2011 District Council elections, and against protests by Rural Committee members and local villagers, he was directly appointed back to the council by Chief Executive Donald Tsang, and on 4 January 2012 was elected by District Councillors back into the post of council chairman.〔〔("Lau Wong-fat returns as DC chairman" ), ''The Standard'', 5 January 2012〕 In 1980 Lau became the chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, which represented established interests of all inhabitants in the New Territories, and had been elected to his ninth term in June 2011.〔 This position is the core of his power.〔("Heung Yee Kuk remains Lau's turf" ), ''The Standard'', 2 June 2011〕 In May 2015, he stepped down as chairman and was succeeded by his son, Kenneth Lau Ip-keung. In 1985, he was appointed to the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee, which was respoinsible for drafting the mini-constitution of Hong Kong in 1997. A key contribution of him was his fight to insert an article in the Basic Law to ensure indigenous interests remained protected after Hong Kong’s handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lau Wong-fat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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