Miriam Lau Kin-yee GBS OBE JP (Chinese: 劉健儀, born 27 April 1947) is a Hong Kong lawyer and former politician who served as a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 2012, first as an appointee of the Governor from 1988 to 1995, and subsequently as the representative of the transport industry functional constituency from 1995 to 2012.

Miriam Lau was born on 27 April 1947 in Guangzhou, China to a working-class family, moving to Hong Kong at a young age and settling in subdivided flat in Sham Shui Po.

She studied at Maryknoll Convent School and later graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with second-class honours.

[2] Lau currently is a consultant with the law firm King & Wood Mallesons, specialising in litigation.

[3] Lau entered politics in 1985 as an appointed member of the Urban Council, serving until 1991.