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Christopher Lau

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Christopher Lau Gar-hung
劉嘉鴻
Chairman of People Power
In office
10 July 2011 – 20 June 2013
Personal details
Born (1976-02-08) 8 February 1976 (age 48)
Hong Kong
Political partyPeople Power
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong
ProfessionPresenter, financial consultant

Christopher Lau Gar-hung (born 8 February 1976 in Hong Kong; Chinese: 劉嘉鴻; Cantonese Yale: Làuh Gā Hùhng) was the chairman of People Power political party in Hong Kong. He is a presenter for Hong Kong People Reporter and MyRadio. He ran for office in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election.[1]

Background

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Lau studied in Diocesan Boys' School for secondary school and graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with a degree in Mathematics. He worked as a retirement benefits consultant in multiple companies. In 2012, he teamed up Stephen Shiu and Jeff Au-yeung to run in the Hong Kong legislative election.[2]

WWE & Company

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WWE & Company is a fashion, beauty and lifestyle technology company specialising in the development of mobile, cloud-based, O2O commerce enterprise technologies, targeting the mainland Chinese consumers. WWE & Company was founded and led by Lau and Thomson Cheng, President of Walton Brown.[3] WWE is a joint venture between The Wharf (Holdings) Limited (SEHK4), Walton Brown Group (a company of The Lane Crawford Joyce Group), and eCargo Holdings Limited (ASX:ECG), initially capitalised at RMB 300 million.

Walton Brown and ECG jointly invested RMB 150 million for an initial 50% equity interest and The Wharf (Holdings) Limited, which operates Harbour City and Times Square in Hong Kong, will co-invest another RMB 150 million for a 50% equity interest through Novel Colour, a wholly owned subsidiary.[4]

WWE is headquartered in Hong Kong and has an office in Shanghai.[5]

Chairman Resignation

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On 20 June 2013, Lau resigned from the People Power chairman, but he denied this related to internal disputes with former party member, Wong Yuk-man.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Chan, Kahon (10 August 2012). "Ip decries campaigns based on tensions". China Daily. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Moviemake considers Legco scene". The Standard. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. ^ "eCargo shares are going nuts". Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ^ "ECG new strategy to launch China shopping mobile platform". ASX Announcement. ASX. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. ^ "WWE & Co". wweco.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. ^ People Power sees another high-profile exit: chairman Christopher Lau
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Party political offices
New political party Chairman of People Power
2011–2013
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