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Julia Lau Man-kwan is a Hong Kong architect, president of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, and a member of the eighth-term Legislative Council representing the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape functional constituency. She is a qualified architect, has been appointed a Justice of the Peace, and holds the Order of St John (CStJ). She has long been active in professional bodies, and as president of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects she has spoken for the profession on urban development, the regulation of architectural practice and the industry's prospects. Beyond professional service she is also involved in public bodies and corporate governance, having served since June 2024 as an alternative director of Transport International Holdings Limited, taking part in the board work of a local public transport group. She follows Hong Kong's urban planning and sustainable development, including responding to climate change, advancing the Northern Metropolis, and widening the grading of historic buildings and monuments. In 2025, as president of the Institute of Architects, she led the institute in publishing its first five-year planning vision, setting out a forward-looking and practical action framework on climate change, the Northern Metropolis and high-end wellness and care services, and offering professional input to Hong Kong's first five-year plan. In the 2025 Legislative Council election she stood for the first time, contesting the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape functional constituency. She won with 2,157 votes, defeating her opponent Lam Ka-fai, and took office on 1 January 2026. As a new representative of the sector she said she would take a professional approach, carrying the views of the architectural, surveying, planning and landscape professions into the council and keeping the industry and the government in dialogue on urban development policy.