Chan Wing-chan explained

Chan Wing-chan
陳榮燦
Honorific-Suffix:BBS
Birth Date:7 July 1935
Birth Place:Jiangmen, Guangdong, China
Office2:Member of the Provisional Legislative Council
Term Start2:21 December 1996
Term End2:30 June 1998
Office:Member of the Legislative Council
Term Start:1 July 1998
Term End:30 June 2000
Successor:Leung Fu-wah
Constituency:Labour
Term Start1:11 October 1995
Term End1:30 June 1997
Constituency1:Hotels and Catering
Occupation:Trade unionist
Party:Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong
Children:2

Chan Wing-chan, BBS (born 7 July 1935) was the member of the Legislative Council in 1991–95 for the Hotels and Catering and 1998–2000 for Labour and also Provisional Legislative Council (1996–98). He was born in Jiangmen, Guangdong, China.

Chan was the chairman of the Eating Establishment Employees General Union under the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. He worked closely with Beijing before the handover of Hong Kong and joined the Selection Committee which oversaw the last phrase of the transition of sovereignty and elected the first Chief Executive and Provisional Legislative Council in 1996.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Positions of Chan, Wing Chan. Web-site Hong Kong. 30 April 2013.