Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Lau Wong-fat, GBM, JP (, born 15 October 1936 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Heung Yee Kuk constituency. He was a member of Hong Kong Executive Council and chairman of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, which represents the interests of the New Territories establishment. He is also the chairman of Tuen Mun District Council.This political strength in rural Hong Kong has been morphed into power centrally and with the Beijing government. He earned his prestige by fighting for the New Territories indigenous interests by insert an article in the Hong Kong Basic Law to ensure their privileges remained protected after Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 when he was a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee. For this, together with his extensive ownership of land and property, he is known as the "King of the New Territories" (新界王) or the "Land Emperor of the New Territories" (新界土皇帝). Billionaire Lau is politically identified as part of the pro-Beijing camp. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party."@en }
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- Lau_Wong-fat abstract "Lau Wong-fat, GBM, JP (, born 15 October 1936 in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong) is a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, representing the Heung Yee Kuk constituency. He was a member of Hong Kong Executive Council and chairman of the powerful Heung Yee Kuk, which represents the interests of the New Territories establishment. He is also the chairman of Tuen Mun District Council.This political strength in rural Hong Kong has been morphed into power centrally and with the Beijing government. He earned his prestige by fighting for the New Territories indigenous interests by insert an article in the Hong Kong Basic Law to ensure their privileges remained protected after Hong Kong's handover to Chinese sovereignty in 1997 when he was a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee. For this, together with his extensive ownership of land and property, he is known as the "King of the New Territories" (新界王) or the "Land Emperor of the New Territories" (新界土皇帝). Billionaire Lau is politically identified as part of the pro-Beijing camp. He is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and has a close relationship with the Chinese Communist Party.".