劉偉聰

English

Lawrence Lau Wai-chung is a Hong Kong barrister, called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1995 and practising from chambers at 50 Queen's Road Central. In the 2019 District Council election he stood in the Yau Yat Chuen constituency (F24) of Sham Shui Po District and won with 2,487 votes, defeating the incumbent Li Tsz-king, who received 2,391 votes. On 24 September 2021, under the Public Offices (Candidacy and Taking Up Offices) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2021, the Government held an oath-taking ceremony at North Point Community Hall for members of the Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong District Councils. The oath administrator determined that the oaths of 45 of the 55 members present were valid, and wrote to the remaining ten asking for further information. After considering their written replies and all relevant material, the administrator determined that the oaths of those ten members were invalid, and Lau was named among them for Sham Shui Po. Under section 21 of the Oaths and Declarations Ordinance, a person who refuses or neglects to take an oath after being duly summoned must vacate office if already in office, and under the National People's Congress Standing Committee's interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law an invalid oath cannot be re-administered.