Lai Tung-kwok, GBS, IDSM, JP (; born 12 November 1951 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

) is a retired civil servant and principal official who held the position of

Secretary for Security The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters. The post was created in 1973 and since the Principal Offic ...

between 2012 and 2017. He previously served as Under Secretary for Security from 2009 to 2012 and

Director of Immigration The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong. Decisions to reject people from entering are made by fron ...

from 2002 to 2008.Appointment of Director of Immigration
/ref> Lai joined the Hong Kong government as an Assistant Immigration Officer in 1973. He was promoted to Immigration Officer in 1980, Senior Immigration Officer in 1986, Chief Immigration Officer in 1990, Assistant Principal Immigration Officer in 1992, Principal Immigration Officer in 1995, Senior Principal Immigration Officer in 1997 and to Assistant Director of Immigration in 1999. He was promoted to Deputy Director of Immigration in 2001. Lai was appointed Director of Immigration in 2002. He ceased to be Director of Immigration in 2008 and retired in 2009 when he was succeeded by

Simon Peh Simon Peh Yun-lu (, born 1955) was Director of Immigration of Hong Kong, and was appointed Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2012. Early life and education Peh was born in Anxi County, Quanzhou, Fujian. grad ...

. In 2009, he was appointed as the Under Secretary for Security. On 1 July 2012, Lai was promoted to Secretary for Security of Hong Kong. As head of the Security Bureau, he was responsible for overseeing most of Hong Kong's disciplined services. In February 2022, Lai told SCMP that he would be attending the 2022

Two Sessions The Two Sessions (NPC & CPPCC National Committee annual sessions), or in Chinese ''Lianghui'' is a common Mandarin Chinese abbreviation for a pair of organizations which have close relations. In the Chinese government, the term refers to the ...

, as a Hong Kong delegate. On 5 January 2022,

Carrie Lam Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Secr ...

announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential

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outbreaks. One day later, it was discovered that Lai attended a birthday party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party
/ref> At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined. Tung-kwok was warned by Legislative Council president

Andrew Leung Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (; born 24 February 1951) is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency. From October 2012 to October ...

to not attend any meetings until after finishing his last mandatory Covid-19 test on 22 January 2022. However, he decided to attend the meeting on 19 January 2022, against Leung's orders.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Tung-Kwok 1951 births Living people Government officials of Hong Kong Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star New People's Party (Hong Kong) politicians Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference HK LegCo Members 2022–2025 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026