Biography:

Hon. Patrick Lau is a Legislative Councillor and former Professor and Head of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. He is also an award winning architect with design research published widely. He received the Outstanding Young Persons Award in1984, the HKIA Outstanding Architect Award in 1991, the Artist of the Year Award in 1999. He received HKIA Annual Award in 1984, 1991and 1996, and also the HKIA Medal of the Year for the Australian International School in 2001 and the HKIEd Jockey Club Primary School in 2002. He has been honored with the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2000 and appointed as Justice of the Peace in 2004.

He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Town Planning Board, Director of the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation and the Ocean Park Corporation, member of the Antiquities Advisory Board, Housing Authority and the Construction Industry Training Authority, Past Chairman of the Outstanding Young Persons Association, Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Past Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council.