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Lau Chi-pang
Lau Chi-pang, BBS, JP (Chinese: 劉智鵬; born 1960) is a Hong Kong politician and academic serving as an Associate Vice President of the Lingnan University. In 2021, he was elected as one of the 40 Legislative Council members for the Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.
Lau received his Bachelor of Arts in Chinese History and Japanese and Master of Philosophy in Chinese Intellectual History degrees from the University of Hong Kong in 1984 and 1987 respectively and completed his doctoral degree in History at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2000. He joined Lingnan University’s General Education Division in 1993 and became a founding member of the Department of History in 2002 and has been teaching Chinese history and Hong Kong history for the department.
He has served in many public positions. He is an ex-officio member of the Heung Yee Kuk and appointed member of the Tuen Mun District Council from 2004 to 2011 and the council's vice chairman in 2011. He was also a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, Town Planning Board, History Museum Advisory Panel, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Built Heritage Conservation and member of Advisory Council on the Environment.
A the advisory committee chairman, Lau in 2016 argued that Queen's Pier, which was dismantled in 2007 in the land reclamation project, should be restored in "more spacious" locations which are "more frequented by the public", such as Tung Chung in Lantau Island. He questioned the functional purpose of reassembling the historic structure between ferry piers 9 and 10 in Central suggested in the consultation document.
He opposed the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign initiated by pro-democracy law professor Benny Tai in 2014. In an interview with Chinese state media, he warned that the campaign would lead to regression in Hong Kong civilisation, obstruct the governance and threaten people's livelihood.
On 27 July 2019, six days after the Yuen Long mob attack on protesters during the massive anti-government protests, Lau showed up with Lingnan University President Leonard Cheng and Vice President Joshua Mok in the Reclaim Yuen Long protest in Yuen Long to "inspect the environment and protect students". They were applauded and cheered by the protesters.
In 2021, Lau became an expert witness in Tong Ying-kit's case, the first defendant charged under national security law. He said the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times", on which the flag the defendant flew when he allegedly drove his motorcycle into police in Wan Chai on 1 July 2022, connotes "Hong Kong independence" or separating Hong Kong from China, altering the legal status of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) or subverting state power. He also said "Liberate Hong Kong" means snatching Hong Kong from enemies, so not accepting Hong Kong as part of China and seeing Chinese authorities as the enemy.
The High Court found Tong guilty on 27 July, and sentenced him to a total of 9 years in prison on 30 July, of which secession and terrorist activities carried 6.5 and 8 years of imprisonment respectively after part of them would be served concurrently. The court ruling stated that such display of the words was capable of inciting others to commit secession.
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Lau Chi-pang
Lau Chi-pang, BBS, JP (Chinese: 劉智鵬; born 1960) is a Hong Kong politician and academic serving as an Associate Vice President of the Lingnan University. In 2021, he was elected as one of the 40 Legislative Council members for the Election Committee constituency which was newly created under the electoral overhaul imposed by Beijing.
Lau received his Bachelor of Arts in Chinese History and Japanese and Master of Philosophy in Chinese Intellectual History degrees from the University of Hong Kong in 1984 and 1987 respectively and completed his doctoral degree in History at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2000. He joined Lingnan University’s General Education Division in 1993 and became a founding member of the Department of History in 2002 and has been teaching Chinese history and Hong Kong history for the department.
He has served in many public positions. He is an ex-officio member of the Heung Yee Kuk and appointed member of the Tuen Mun District Council from 2004 to 2011 and the council's vice chairman in 2011. He was also a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Advisory Committee on Revitalisation of Historic Buildings, Town Planning Board, History Museum Advisory Panel, Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Built Heritage Conservation and member of Advisory Council on the Environment.
A the advisory committee chairman, Lau in 2016 argued that Queen's Pier, which was dismantled in 2007 in the land reclamation project, should be restored in "more spacious" locations which are "more frequented by the public", such as Tung Chung in Lantau Island. He questioned the functional purpose of reassembling the historic structure between ferry piers 9 and 10 in Central suggested in the consultation document.
He opposed the Occupy Central with Love and Peace campaign initiated by pro-democracy law professor Benny Tai in 2014. In an interview with Chinese state media, he warned that the campaign would lead to regression in Hong Kong civilisation, obstruct the governance and threaten people's livelihood.
On 27 July 2019, six days after the Yuen Long mob attack on protesters during the massive anti-government protests, Lau showed up with Lingnan University President Leonard Cheng and Vice President Joshua Mok in the Reclaim Yuen Long protest in Yuen Long to "inspect the environment and protect students". They were applauded and cheered by the protesters.
In 2021, Lau became an expert witness in Tong Ying-kit's case, the first defendant charged under national security law. He said the slogan "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times", on which the flag the defendant flew when he allegedly drove his motorcycle into police in Wan Chai on 1 July 2022, connotes "Hong Kong independence" or separating Hong Kong from China, altering the legal status of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) or subverting state power. He also said "Liberate Hong Kong" means snatching Hong Kong from enemies, so not accepting Hong Kong as part of China and seeing Chinese authorities as the enemy.
The High Court found Tong guilty on 27 July, and sentenced him to a total of 9 years in prison on 30 July, of which secession and terrorist activities carried 6.5 and 8 years of imprisonment respectively after part of them would be served concurrently. The court ruling stated that such display of the words was capable of inciting others to commit secession.
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