Richard Lai Sung-lung, (4 August 194627 March 2008) was a former 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 ...

. Lai was born in Shanghai in a family doing jewellery and property business before he moved to Hong Kong in 1950. He studied textile industries at the

Bolton Institute of Technology , established = 2004 – gained University Status 1982 – Bolton Institute of Higher Education , type = Public , endowment = £160,000 (2009) , administrative_staff = 700+ , chancellor ...

and

Leeds University , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

and worked as the director in textile companies. He was also the fellow of the Institution of Works Manager,

Textile Institute The Textile Institute is a professional body for those engaged in clothing, footwear, and textile's whose headquarters are at 8th Floor St James's Buildings, 79 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 6FQ, UK. The institute was founded in 1910 and incorpora ...

, Institution of Industrial Managers and

British Institute of Management The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) is a professional institution for management based in the United Kingdom. The major membership classes are ''Member'', ''Fellow'' - for those with significant expertise - and ''Companion'' - the most sen ...

. He served as the vice-chairman 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 ...

. 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 The Sai Kung District Council () is the district council for the Sai Kung District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Sai Kung District Council currently consists of 31 members, of which the district is divided into 29 constituenc ...

. He failed to be reelected in

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. He joined the

United Democrats of Hong Kong The United Democrats of Hong Kong (; UDHK) was a short-lived political party in Hong Kong founded in 1990 as the united front of the liberal democracy forces in preparation of the 1991 first ever direct election for the Legislative Council of ...

, the first major pro-democratic party in 1990 but quit in 1991.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lai, Richard Sung-lung 1946 births 2008 deaths Hong Kong textiles industry businesspeople Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the University of Bolton District councillors of Tsuen Wan District Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood politicians United Democrats of Hong Kong politicians HK LegCo Members 1985–1988