劉健斌

English

Lau Kin Pan is vice-captain of the Hong Kong men's national handball team and plays as a centre back, born on 10 October 1994 and standing about 1.76 metres tall. He has been a mainstay of the Hong Kong squad for years and carries the vice-captaincy. Before committing himself fully to handball and training, he worked as a flight attendant on international routes. In 2023 he was named in the Hong Kong, China squad for the men's handball tournament at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, wearing number 60. In 2025 he was included in Hong Kong's 16-man squad for the 15th National Games, staged jointly by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, with the men's handball competition played at the Kai Tak Arena. Hong Kong beat Macau and Shanghai in the group stage, defeated Guangdong 28-26 in the quarter-finals, lost 21-24 to Anhui in the semi-finals and 25-33 to Beijing in the bronze-medal match, finishing fourth, the team's best National Games result. Of the 16 amateur players, 15 resigned or took unpaid leave to prepare; captain Tse Wing Fai noted that the players could previously only train after work and often could not gather the whole squad. Centre back is a core position linking attack and defence, requiring both playmaking and defensive work. He balanced his day job with squad training for years, a typical example of Hong Kong's part-time internationals. Owing to limited public records, little is documented about Lau's club career, early training and family background.