呂明華

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Lui Ming-wah is a Hong Kong industrialist and former legislator, born in mainland China on 4 April 1938. He studied overseas, earning a master's degree from the University of New South Wales in Australia and a doctorate from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, and is a registered engineer. He built his career in industry and electronics, serving as managing director of Man Ming Electronics and as an independent non-executive director of listed companies including Gold Peak Technology Group, AV Concept Holdings and L.K. Technology Holdings, gaining wide experience in manufacturing and technology; he also sat on the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. He has been active in business and industry bodies, serving as a vice-president and later honorary president of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong, honorary president of the Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association and chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Training Committee, as well as a council member of the Hong Kong Productivity Council and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, a standing committee member of the Shandong provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a vice-president of the Shandong Federation of Industry and Commerce. He also chaired the Independent Police Complaints Council and is honorary president of the Hong Kong Shandong Association and an advisory professor at Shandong University. In 1998 he was elected to the first Legislative Council for the Industrial (Second) functional constituency and was returned again in 2000 and 2004, serving until 2008. In the council he was vice-chairman of the economic affairs panel and chairman of the parliamentary liaison subcommittee, focusing on industrial policy, economic development and the business environment, and he long argued that Hong Kong's industry had to upgrade and move up the value chain through research and talent development. He did not seek re-election in 2008.