Lau Siu-lai

Lau Siu-lai
劉小麗
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017[a]
Preceded byWong Yuk-man
Succeeded byChan Hoi-yan
ConstituencyKowloon West
Personal details
Born
Lau Siu-lai

(1976-08-03) 3 August 1976 (age 48)
British Hong Kong
CitizenshipHong Kong permanent resident
NationalityHongkonger
Political partyLabour Party (2018-2020)
Other political
affiliations
Democracy Groundwork
ResidenceHong Kong
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong (B.Soc.Sc. in Sociology; M.Phil. in Sociology; PhD in Sociology)
OccupationLecturer
WebsiteOfficial website of Democratic Groundwork
Lau Siu-lai
Traditional Chinese劉小麗
Simplified Chinese刘小丽
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiú Xiǎolì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLàuh Síu-laih
JyutpingLau4 Siu2-lai6

Lau Siu-lai (Chinese: 劉小麗; born 3 August 1976) is a Hong Kong educator, academic, activist, and politician. She is a sociology lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University's Hong Kong Community College and the founder of Democracy Groundwork and Age of Resistance.[1] In 2016, Lau was elected to the Legislative Council, representing the Kowloon West geographical constituency until she was disqualified by the court on 14 July 2017 over her oath-taking manner at the inaugural meeting of the Legislative Council on 12 October 2016.[2]


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  2. ^ "Four More Hong Kong Lawmakers Ousted In a Blow to Democratic Hopes". TIME. 14 July 2017.