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(Redirected from WWE & Company) Hong Kong politician (born 1976)

Christopher Lau Gar-hung
劉嘉鴻
Chairman of People Power
In office
10 July 2011 – 20 June 2013
Personal details
Born (1976-02-08) 8 February 1976 (age 48)
Hong Kong
Political partyPeople Power
Alma materChinese University of Hong Kong
ProfessionPresenter, financial consultant

Christopher Lau Gar-hung (born 8 February 1976 in Hong Kong; Chinese: 劉嘉鴻; Cantonese Yale: Làuh Gā Hùhng) 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.

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.

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. WWE is a joint venture between The Wharf (Holdings) Limited (SEHK: 4), 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.

WWE is headquartered in Hong Kong and has an office in Shanghai.

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.

References

  1. Chan, Kahon (10 August 2012). "Ip decries campaigns based on tensions". China Daily. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  2. "Moviemake considers Legco scene". The Standard. 25 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  3. "eCargo shares are going nuts". Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. "ECG new strategy to launch China shopping mobile platform". ASX Announcement. ASX. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  5. "WWE & Co". wweco.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  6. People Power sees another high-profile exit: chairman Christopher Lau

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