# Lau Chin-shek

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Lau Chin-shek 劉千石 Lau Chin-shek Member of Legislative Council of Hong Kong In office 1 October 1991 – December 1994 Succeeded by Lee Cheuk-yan In office 1 October 1995 – 30 June 1997 Preceded by Lee Cheuk-yan Succeeded by Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2008 Preceded by New legislature Succeeded by Raymond Wong Yuk-man Personal details Born (1944-09-12) September 12, 1944 (age 81) Guangzhou, Guangdong Party Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (1990–2004) Democratic Party (1994–2000) United Democrats of Hong Kong (1990–1994)

Lau Chin-shek Traditional Chinese 劉千石 Simplified Chinese 刘千石 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Liú Qiānshí Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Làuh Chīn sehk Jyutping Lau4 Chin1 shek6

**Lau Chin-shek** (born 12 September 1944) was the President of the [Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions](/source/Hong_Kong_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions) and a member of the [Legislative Council](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong) from 1991 to 2008.

## Background

Lau was born in [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou), [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong) with family root in [Shunde](/source/Shunde), [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong). He smuggled from Guangzhou to Hong Kong in 1960. Since the 1980s, he has been a [labour activist](/source/Labour_movement), working to help factory workers in [Sham Shui Po](/source/Sham_Shui_Po) and [Cheung Sha Wan](/source/Cheung_Sha_Wan), where working conditions were poor.

During the [Tiananmen Square protests of 1989](/source/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989), Lau and other pro-democracy activists expressed sympathy and support to the student demonstrators who had gathered at Tiananmen Square. He and others also founded the [Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China](/source/Hong_Kong_Alliance_in_Support_of_Patriotic_Democratic_Movements_of_China), which organises the anniversary commemoration of the 1989 protests.

In 1990, Lau and other labour activists, including [Lee Cheuk-yan](/source/Lee_Cheuk-yan), established the 160,000-strong [Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions](/source/Hong_Kong_Confederation_of_Trade_Unions). He was also vice-chairman of the [Hong Kong Christian Industrial Committee](/source/Hong_Kong_Christian_Industrial_Committee).

Lau first ran in the [Hong Kong legislative elections in 1991](/source/1991_Hong_Kong_legislative_election) and was elected. Being re-elected four times, Lau sat in the Legislative Council continuously from 1991 to 2008, except he resigned in 1994 but elected again in 1995, a brief period during 1997 and 1998 when the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the [People's Republic of China](/source/People's_Republic_of_China), and the Legislative Council temporarily became a [Provisional Legislative Council](/source/Provisional_Legislative_Council) which was filled with people indirectly hand picked by Beijing.

In recent years, however, Lau has moderated his stance against Beijing. He was expelled from the [Democratic Party](/source/Democratic_Party_(Hong_Kong)) in 2000 because of dual party membership. Once branded subversive by the central authorities, Lau had been barred from entering [mainland China](/source/Mainland_China) for more than a decade. In May 2000, after quiet lobbying by Hong Kong top leaders, he was allowed to make a low-key visit to [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou) to see his ailing mother. Since then, he has been urging his pro-democracy colleagues to have "better communication with the Central Government" and visit mainland China and see for themselves the changes that are taking place in the country.

Lau lost his seat in the Legislative Council in the [Legislative Election of 2008](/source/2008_Hong_Kong_legislative_election) with only 5.1% or 10,553 votes.

Lau revealed to have been diagnosed with [colorectal cancer](/source/Colorectal_cancer) on a radio program in September 2008, saying it is under control. He then turned low profile in politics, but endorsed pro-Beijing candidate [Carrie Lam](/source/Carrie_Lam) in [2017 Chief Executive election](/source/2017_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election).[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["劉千石為林鄭站台：我愛香港才支持林鄭 - 香港經濟日報 - TOPick - 新聞 - 社會"](https://topick.hket.com/article/1654347/劉千石為林鄭站台：我愛香港才支持林鄭). *topick.hket.com*. Retrieved 2023-01-20.

## External links

- [Lau Chin-shek's website](https://web.archive.org/web/20080824065922/http://lauchinshek.hk/)

- [Hong Kong Legislative Council's website on Lau Chin-shek](https://web.archive.org/web/20051115072153/http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr04-08/lcs.htm)

- [Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions' election campaign website](http://www.labour.org.hk/)

Legislative Council of Hong Kong New constituency Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon Central 1991–1994 Served alongside: Lam Kui-shing Succeeded by Lee Cheuk-yan Preceded by Lee Cheuk-yan as Representative for Kowloon Central Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon South 1995–1997 Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council New parliament Member of Legislative Council Representative for Kowloon West constituency 1998–2008 With: Jasper Tsang, James To (1998–2008) Frederick Fung (2000–2008) Succeeded by Raymond Wong Party political offices Preceded by Anthony Cheung Vice Chairperson of Democratic Party 1998 Served alongside: Yeung Sum Succeeded by Albert Ho

v t e Democratic Party Leadership and notable members Chairpersons Martin Lee Yeung Sum Lee Wing-tat Albert Ho Emily Lau Wu Chi-wai Lo Kin-hei Vice-Chairpersons Anthony Cheung Lau Chin-shek Law Chi-kwong Chan King-ming Sin Chung-kai Tik Chi-yuen Richard Tsoi Andrew Wan Li Wing-shing Lam Cheuk-ting Edith Leung LegCo members Conrad Lam Albert Chan Cheung Man-kwong Fung Chi-wood James To Michael Ho Huang Chen-ya Man Sai-cheong Ng Ming-yum Fred Li Zachary Wong Andrew Cheng Tsang Kin-shing John Tse Wong Sing-chi Kam Nai-wai Helena Wong Ted Hui Roy Kwong Internal elections Leadership elections 1994 (Lee) 1996 1998 2000 2002 (Yeung) 2004 (Lee) 2006 (Ho) 2008 2010 2012 (Lau) 2014 2016 (Wu) 2018 2020 (Lo) 2022 2024 LegCo primaries 2016 Related groups Predecessors Frontier Hong Kong Affairs Society Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood Meeting Point United Democrats of Hong Kong Split groups League of Social Democrats Third Side Neo Democrats Real brother Local alliances Pro-democracy camp Civil Human Rights Front Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union Group of 190 Joint Committee on the Promotion of Democratic Government International affiliated Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Liberal International Hong Kong Portal

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