Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS

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) is an award-winning Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 architect, legislative councilor, educator and civil servant.

He is currently a representative on the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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 (LegCo) as a member for the Architectural, Surveying and Planning Functional Constituency, as well as a member of the Professional Forum party.

Between 1996 and 2000, he was head of the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong.

Background

Lau graduated from the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

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 in 1969 and returned to Hong Kong to teach at the University of Hong Kong in 1973. He earned his MBA in 1988. From 1996 to 2000, he served as the head of the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. He is a Fellow Member and Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Hong Kong Institute of Architects

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 (HKIA) as well as Honorary University Fellow, Honorary Professor and former Head/Professor of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.

He is a designer for the following schools in Hong Kong:

• French International School
• Hong Kong International School
  Hong Kong International School
  Hong Kong International School is a prestigious international private school in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. Founded in 1966 by a group of Christian businessmen, HKIS spans from reception one to the twelfth grade. Its Lower and Upper Primary Divisions are located in Repulse Bay, and the...
  
  
• West Island School
  West Island School
  West Island School is a co-educational, international secondary school in Hong Kong. The campus is a purpose-built development located at 250 Victoria Road in Pokfulam, near Sandy Bay at the western part of Hong Kong Island. Students come to West Island from all over the world, with over 40...
  
  

Affiliations

• Commission on Strategic Development
• Antiquities Advisory Board
• Hong Kong Housing Authority
  Hong Kong Housing Authority
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• Hong Kong Security and Guarding Services Industry Authority
• Ocean Park Corporation
• Council of the Open University of Hong Kong and St. Paul's College
• Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Infrastructure Development Advisory Committee
• Past Chairman of the Outstanding Young Persons Association
• Past Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council
• Past Vice Chairman of the Town Planning Board
• Chairman of the Tender Committee of the Housing Authority

Awards

He won awards at the Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Hong Kong Institute of Architects

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 awards in 1984, 1989, and 1996.

• Outstanding Young Persons Award (1984)
• Pacific Area Tourist Association Heritage & Cultural Award for designing the Sam Tung Uk Museum
  Sam Tung Uk Museum
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   (1987)
• HKUST Architectural Competition (1987)
• HKIA Certificates of Merit for the

French International School (1984)

Hong Kong International School (1989)

the West Island School (1996)

• American ACSA/AIA School Design Award (1990)
• HKIA Outstanding Architect Award (1991), as well as:

HKIA Medal of the Year for designing the Australian International School

HKIA Medal of the Year for designing the Hong Kong International School

Hong Kong International School

Hong Kong International School is a prestigious international private school in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. Founded in 1966 by a group of Christian businessmen, HKIS spans from reception one to the twelfth grade. Its Lower and Upper Primary Divisions are located in Repulse Bay, and the...

• Artist of the Year Award (1999)