Lau Nai-keung SBS (, 1947 – 21 November 2018) was a

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academic, businessman, and politician. He held several positions in the government of the

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and various universities and businesses. He advocated for greater political and economic integration between the Hong Kong SAR and

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. Lau was the chairman of Long View Cultural Services Limited, a research fellow at

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, a member of the Basic Law Consultative Committee and the

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as well as a visiting professor at

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and the Beijing Business Management College. Lau wrote many articles for the

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,South China Morning Post author page: Lau Nai-keung
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, and other publications promoting greater economic and governmental integration between the

and the

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Biography

Lau received a

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degree in

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from the

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in 1970. He worked as a tutor in the university's statistics department and as an economist at the

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, among other businesses. Lau was a member of the

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from 1987 to 2007, where he was on the Committee on Population, Resources and Environment Studies, and has held numerous other positions in the SAR government.

References

{{s-end 1947 births 2018 deaths Hong Kong businesspeople Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members Meeting Point politicians Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star