Lo Wai-kwok, (; born 25 December 1953) is a member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the

Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong The Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA) is a pro-business pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Chaired by Lo Wai-kwok, the party is currently the second-largest party in the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, holding eigh ...

(BPA). In 2016, he succeeded

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 become the chairman of the BPA.

Professional background and business career

Lo was born in the grassroots family and raised in a public estate. He graduated from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and became an engineer by profession. He later obtained a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration from the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

and a doctoral degree of engineering from the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

. He is a fellow of the

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, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He moved to the Mainland China and opened a factory there in the 1980s and became a director of a technology company. For his business success, he was awarded Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong and the JCI Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 1992. He became the president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology in 1997 and was the president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers from 2007 to 2008. He was the president of the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association in 2014 and 2015.

Public career and Legislative Councillor

He has served in many public positions, including Council member of the

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from 1991 to 1998, member of the

Hong Kong Productivity Council Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) is a multi-disciplinary organisation which is tasked with promoting and assisting the Hong Kong business sector through the introduction of more efficient and updated business and technological methods. T ...

from 1993 to 1997, member of the Town Planning Board, Council for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification, Research Grant Council and Advisory Council on the Environment; president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology and the Guangdong-Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Technology Enterprise; chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council. He is currently member of the

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, the

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, and the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. He has also been an appointed member of the

Sha Tin District Council The Sha Tin District Council is the district council for the Sha Tin District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sha Tin District Council currently consists of 42 members, of which the district is divided into 41 constituencies, ...

from July 1997 to December 2011. In the

2012 Legislative Council election 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

, he was elected through the

Engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

functional constituency A functional constituency is an electoral device (a non-geographical constituency) used within the political systems of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China: * Functional constituency (Hong Kong) * Functional cons ...

in a four-way contest, beating incumbent

Raymond Ho Raymond Ho Chung-tai (, born 23 March 1939 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong) was, from 1998 to 2012, a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the engineering industry in functional constituencies s ...

and pro-democrat

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. He co-founded the

(BPA), a pro-business party in October 2012 and became its vice-chairman. In 2016, he succeeded

to become the party chairman after Leung was elected President of the Legislative Council. For his contributions he was awarded Medal of Honour in 2001,

justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

in 2004,

Bronze Bauhinia Star The Bronze Bauhinia Star (, BBS) is the lowest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star in Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of Ch ...

in 2009 and

Silver Bauhinia Star The Silver Bauhinia Star (, SBS) is the second Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, awarded to people who have taken a leading part in public affairs or voluntary work over a long period. The award was created in 1997 to repla ...

in 2015.

References

External links

Lo Wai-kwok's Official Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lo, Wai-kwok Living people Hong Kong engineers District councillors of Sha Tin District Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni of the University of Warwick Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 2012–2016 HK LegCo Members 2016–2021 HK LegCo Members 2022–2025 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 1953 births Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star Hong Kong racehorse owners and breeders British expatriates in Hong Kong