Lo Wai-kwok

The Honourable
Lo Wai-kwok
SBS, MH, JP
盧偉國
Lo in 2023
Chairman of the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 October 2016
Preceded byAndrew Leung
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 October 2012
Preceded byRaymond Ho
Succeeded byAaron Bok
ConstituencyEngineering
Personal details
Born (1952-12-25) 25 December 1952
Hong Kong
PartyBusiness and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong
Spouse
Adelina Wong
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(m. 1978; died 2021)​
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Warwick University
OccupationLegislative Councillor
ProfessionEngineer
Websitewww.irdrwklo.hk

Lo Wai-kwok (Chinese: 盧偉國; born 25 December 1952)[1] is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Engineering constituency from 2012 LegCo election until 2025, representing the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA). In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the chairman of the BPA.

Professional background and business career

Lo was born in a grassroots family and raised in a public estate. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and became an engineer by profession. He later obtained a master's degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, a Master of Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a doctoral degree of engineering from the University of Warwick. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.[2]

He moved to mainland China and opened a factory there in the 1980s and became a director of a technology company. For his business success, he was awarded Young Industrialist Awards of Hong Kong and the JCI Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 1992. He became the president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology in 1997 and was the president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers from 2007 to 2008. He was the president of the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association in 2014 and 2015.[2]

Public career and Legislative Councillor

He has served in many public positions, including Council member of the City University of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1998, member of the Hong Kong Productivity Council from 1993 to 1997, member of the Town Planning Board, Council for Sustainable Development, Hong Kong Council for Testing and Certification, Research Grant Council and Advisory Council on the Environment; president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology and the Guangdong-Hong Kong Association for the Promotion of Technology Enterprise; chairman of the Hong Kong Electronics Industry Council.[2] He is currently member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority, and the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.[3]

He has also been an appointed member of the Sha Tin District Council from July 1997 to December 2011.[2] In the 2012 Legislative Council election, he was elected through the Engineering functional constituency in a four-way contest, beating incumbent Raymond Ho and pro-democrat Albert Lai. He co-founded the Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong (BPA), a pro-business party in October 2012 and became its vice-chairman. In 2016, he succeeded Andrew Leung to become the party chairman after Leung was elected President of the Legislative Council. But in the 2025 Legislative Council election, he announced that he will not seeking the re-election.

For his contributions he was awarded Medal of Honour in 2001, justice of the peace in 2004, Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2009 and Silver Bauhinia Star in 2015.[2]

Personal life

His first wife, Adelina Wong, passed away at noon on 2 August 2021 at Prince of Wales Hospital at the age of 69. The couple has one son, named Lo Chin-king.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "【Emily】網上「71歲」被報細數 盧偉國：年尾73歲". Ming Pao. 30 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "About Me".
  3. ↑ "Ir Dr. Honourable LO Wai Kwok, SBS, MH, JP, CEng, FHKIE, FIET, FIMechE, FHKEng, RPE". HKSTP.
  4. ↑ 潘耀昇 (27 May 2026). "盧偉國再婚｜16年前抱孫做爺爺 首透露覓第二春余仲欣緣自粵曲". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 6 June 2026.
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