Lau Wong Fat

Lau Wong-fat, GBM, GBS, OBE, JP (Born 15 October 1936, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) is a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council as well as the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Heung Yee Kuk constituency. He is chairman of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, which represents the interests of the New Territories establishment, and chairman of Tuen Mun District Council. This political strength in rural Hong Kong has been morphed into power centrally and with Beijing. For this, together with his extensive ownership of land and property, he is known as the "King of the New Territories" (新界王) or the "Land Emperor of the New Territories" (新界土皇帝). Billionaire Lau is politically identified as a leftist, part of the pro-Beijing camp. He is a...