Christopher Lau Explained

Christopher Lau Gar-hung
Office:Chairman of People Power
Term Start:10 July 2011
Term End:20 June 2013
Birth Date:1976 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Party:People Power
Alma Mater:Chinese University of Hong Kong
Profession:Presenter, financial consultant

Christopher Lau Gar-hung (born 8 February 1976 in Hong Kong;) 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

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

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, 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

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ip decries campaigns based on tensions. Kahon. Chan. China Daily. 10 August 2012. 16 August 2012.
  2. News: Moviemake considers Legco scene. The Standard. 25 June 2012. 16 August 2012. https://archive.today/20130108033943/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=21&art_id=123747&sid=36828602&con_type=1&d_str=20120625&fc=1. 8 January 2013. dead.
  3. Web site: eCargo shares are going nuts. https://web.archive.org/web/20160727163034/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/ecargo-shares-are-going-nuts-2016-7. dead. July 27, 2016. 28 July 2016.
  4. Web site: ECG new strategy to launch China shopping mobile platform. ASX Announcement. ASX. 26 July 2016.
  5. Web site: WWE & Co.. wweco.com. 27 July 2016.
  6. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1264839/people-power-sees-another-high-profile-exit-chairman-christopher-lau People Power sees another high-profile exit: chairman Christopher Lau