Peter Lai Hing-ling

Peter Lai Hing-ling
黎慶寧
Secretary for Security of Hong Kong
In office
1 July 1995 – 30 August 1998
Preceded byAlistair Peter Asprey
Succeeded byRegina Ip
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)
NationalityBritish
Australian
Peter Lai
Traditional Chinese黎慶寧
Simplified Chinese黎庆宁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLí qìng-níng

Peter Lai Hing-ling, JP (Chinese: 黎慶寧) is a former Hong Kong administrator. From 1995 to 1997, he was Hong Kong's first ethnic Chinese Secretary for Security under colonial rule. He continued to hold the post after the city's handover to China until his resignation in 1998, ending his 25-year career as a civil servant.