呂鴻賓

English

Lui Hung-pan is an appointed member of the Central and Western District Council and a registered social worker affiliated with the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (FTU), one of Hong Kong's oldest labour organisations, long active in grassroots and community service. He has long been involved in local work and stood for the FTU in the Central and Western District Council elections of 2015 and 2019, losing both times; in 2019 he was defeated by Kam Nai-wai of the Democratic Party. After those contests he remained in the community, serving residents as a member of a district area committee. On 12 December 2023 the government announced the list of appointed and ex-officio members of the 7th District Council, with Lui among the eight appointed members for Central and Western; he took office on 1 January 2024 for a four-year term. On the council he serves as vice-chairman of the Food, Environment and Hygiene Committee and is a member of the District Facilities and Works Committee, the Community Involvement, Culture and Recreation Committee and the Traffic and Transport Committee, as well as the non-standing Working Group on Concern over Urban Renewal. Drawing on his social work background, he focuses on environmental hygiene, old building management, urban renewal and the welfare needs of grassroots families. He runs two ward offices, in Sheung Wan and Sai Wan. The current Central and Western District Council has twenty members, made up of elected constituency members, District Committees constituency members and appointed members.