Patrick Lau Sau-shing is a Hong Kong architect, legislative councillor, educator and civil servant. He had been a representative on the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, colloquially known as LegCo, is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under People's Republic of China, China's "one country, two systems" c ...

(LegCo) as a member for the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functional Constituency, as well as a member of the

Professional Forum Professional Forum (), formerly known as the Breakfast Group () and The Alliance (), was a loose political group of the independent politicians in the Legislative Council in Hong Kong. In October 2012, the group formed the Business and Professiona ...

party, between 2004 and 2012. Between 1996 and 2000, he was head of the Department of Architecture,

The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public university, public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as t ...

Background

Lau was a student of St Paul's College, Hong Kong. After going to Canada, he graduated from the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Founded in 1877, it is the first university of Western Canada. Both by total student enrolment and campus area, the University of ...

in 1969 and returned to Hong Kong to teach at the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

in 1973. He earned his

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

in 1988. From 1996 to 2000, he served as the head of the Department of Architecture,

. He is a Fellow Member and Past President of the

Hong Kong Institute of Architects Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA, ) is a professional body for architects in Hong Kong with approximately 1500 full members, 300 associates members and graduate members.

(HKIA) as well as Honorary University Fellow, Honorary Professor and former Head/Professor of Architecture at the

. He is a designer for the following schools in Hong Kong: * French International School *

Hong Kong International School Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational Private school, private international school in Hong Kong with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, serving students from All-through school, Reception 1 to Grade 1 ...

West Island School West Island School (WIS; ) is a co-educational, Private school, private, International school, international secondary school in Hong Kong which provides an English-language education to students of all abilities from age eleven to eighteen with ...

Affiliations

Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an government agency, agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the R ...

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Members' Biographies
Legislative Council of Hong Kong 1944 births Living people Hong Kong architects Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong Hong Kong civil servants Alumni of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong University of Manitoba alumni Macau emigrants to Hong Kong Professional Forum politicians HK LegCo Members 2004–2008 HK LegCo Members 2008–2012 Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star {{HongKong-architect-stub