劉秀成

English

Patrick Lau Sau-shing, who holds the Silver Bauhinia Star and a justice of the peace appointment, was born in Macau and traces his roots to Dongguan in Guangdong. An architect and urban planning scholar, he represented the architectural, surveying and planning functional constituency in the Legislative Council. He spent many years teaching and researching architecture and urban planning and was a professor in the department of architecture at the University of Hong Kong, training many local architecture and planning professionals and earning respect in both the profession and academia. He has been deeply involved in urban planning matters. As early as 1998 he was appointed a member of the Town Planning Board and later became its vice-chairman, offering professional views on land use, planning standards and urban development. He has also been connected with cultural and conservation affairs, having served as president of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Hong Kong Association; he is now its honorary president and an honorary adviser, taking part in promoting heritage conservation and cultural education. In 2004 he was elected to the Legislative Council for the architectural, surveying and planning functional constituency and was later returned again, serving two terms until 2012. In the council he spoke for the professions, following urban planning, building safety, urban renewal, heritage conservation and the interests of professionals, and frequently gave views to the government on the relevant policies, bringing professional judgement into public policy debate.