Lo Wai-kwok

Ir Dr the Honourable
Lo Wai-kwok
SBS, MH, JP
盧偉國
Chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
Assumed office
13 October 2016
Preceded by Andrew Leung
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
10 October 2012
Preceded by Raymond Ho
Constituency Engineering
Personal details
Born 1953 (age 62–63)
Political party Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
Alma mater University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Warwick University
Occupation Legislative Councillor
Profession Engineer
Website www.irdrwklo.hk

Ir Dr Lo Wai-kwok, SBS, MH, JP (Chinese: 盧偉國; born 1953) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency since 2012 LegCo election, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung 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 with a bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering and became an engineer by profession. He later obtained a master degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a doctoral degree of Engineering from the University of Warwick. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[1]

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.[1]

Public career and Legislative Councillor

He has served in many public positions, including Council member of the City University of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1998, member of the Hong Kong Productivity Council 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.[1] He is currently member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.[2]

He has also been an appointed member of the Sha Tin District Council from July 1997 to December 2011.[1] In the 2012 Legislative Council election, he was elected through the Engineering functional constituency in a four-way contest, beating incumbent Raymond Ho and pro-democrat Albert Lai. He co-founded the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), a pro-business party in October 2012 and became its vice-chairman. In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung 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 in 2004, Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2009 and Silver Bauhinia Star in 2015.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Me".
  2. ↑ "Ir Dr. Honourable LO Wai Kwok, SBS, MH, JP, CEng, FHKIE, FIET, FIMechE, FHKEng, RPE". HKSTP.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Raymond Ho		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Engineering
2012–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Andrew Leung		 Chairman of Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
2016–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Ann Chiang
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Felix Chung
Member of the Legislative Council
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