12 Facts About Law Chi-kwong

Dr Law Chi-kwong, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician who served as Secretary for Labour and Welfare between 2017 and 2022.

Law Chi-kwong is an associate professor in social work at the University of Hong Kong.

Law Chi-kwong was a founding member of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong and its honorary secretary and spokesperson for women's issues, until he left the party to serve in the government.

Law Chi-kwong served in the Legislative Council, in the Social Welfare functional constituency, between 1995 and 2004 except during the Provisional Legislative Council, serving on the Social Welfare Advisory Committee as well as many governmental and non-governmental bodies.

Law Chi-kwong went on to earn an MBA at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a doctorate in social welfare from the University of California, in Los Angeles.

Law Chi-kwong has been chairman of the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association and an executive member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.

Law Chi-kwong has been a board member of the Hong Kong Social Workers Association.

Law Chi-kwong was elected to the Legislative Council in the Social Welfare constituency, in 1995,1998 and 2000, thus serving from 1995 to 2004, except for one year of the Provisional Legislative Council.

Law Chi-kwong has served on the Commission on Strategic Development since 2005, and the Steering Committee on Child Development Fund since 2008.

Law Chi-kwong has been a member of the Land and Development Advisory Committee since 2009, and a member of the Commission on Poverty since 2012.

Law Chi-kwong withdrew from the Democratic Party prior to his appointment, because the party bars its members from serving in a government chosen by the pro-Beijing camp.

In February 2022, Law Chi-kwong claimed that fundraising to help domestic helpers who had been fined by the government for social gathering could be illegal.