Lau Wong-Fat

Only time can tell what to make of this 'wicked' lot

18 Feb 2013

In the annual ceremony at Sha Tin's Che Kung temple, Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat drew a stick bearing the number 95. The message on the stick, loosely translated, read: "In a splendid...

It's time for Hong Kong to make its own luck

18 Feb 2013

No matter how one spins these fortune sticks at the Che Kung Temple, as Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat tried to, this is one of those "rituals" we need to let go of.

Rural chief urges 'generous approach' to tackling issues in New Territories

17 Feb 2013

Lau Wong-fat said he appreciated efforts made by Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's administration, but he hoped a "generous approach" would be taken to tackling some of the thorny issues affecting...

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A Bad Week for ... , February 17, 2013

17 Feb 2013

Lau Wong-fat put Hongkongers on edge when he picked out one of the most unlucky sticks possible in a Taoist ceremony to predict the city's fortunes for the year.

Taoist omen warns Hongkongers to beware of 'wicked people'

12 Feb 2013

A stick bearing the number 95 was drawn by Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat at Sha Tin's Che Kung Temple in the annual ritual. The prediction for stick 95 says: "In a splendid carriage you...

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Hong Kong tougher than any snake

The Year of the Snake does not stand out as a particularly auspicious one in the Chinese zodiac. Yet Hongkongers and other Chinese communities around the world have ushered in the new lunar year...

Fortune stick warns of political, economic challenges

Lau Wong-fat, chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk, drew a stick of the worst category at Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin.

Heung Yee Kuk chief Lau Wong-fat softens on 2047 end to housing right

The chief of the powerful rural affairs body has softened his opposition to the idea of scrapping in 2047 a policy that allows male indigenous villagers in the New Territories to build three-...

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Lau left Exco post 'to handle kuk row'

Heung Yee Kuk chairman Lau Wong-fat said yesterday that he had declined an offer to stay as an Executive Council member under Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying so he could focus on handling...

Several old faces to stay on in Exco under Leung

At least four members of Donald Tsang Yam-kuen's Executive Council have been invited to serve incoming chief executive Leung Chun-ying, the South China Morning Post has learned.

Minister robbing villagers of rights, says kuk

Angry Heung Yee Kuk leaders yesterday accused the development chief of 'robbing villagers of their fundamental rights' by advocating an end to the small-house policy in the New Territories.

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