Education
University of British Columbia.
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University of British Columbia.
He has served as a legislator since 1991 except for the periods 1997–2000 and January–May 2011. In 1986, together with Lee Wing-tat, he founded the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People"s Livelihood. In 2006 he co-founded the League of Social Democrats but resigned in 2011 over differences with the then leadership to form People Power with fellow legislator Wong Yuk-manitoba
He is active in grass roots issues and believes that the government is not genuinely committed to the electoral reform promised in the Hong Kong Basic Law.
On 29 January 2010, Chan, together with four other lawmakers, Alan Leong, Tanya Chan, Leung Kwok-hung and Wong Yuk-man, resigned their seats in the Legislative Council. They intended that the popular vote in the by-elections triggered by their resignations would act as a de facto referendum on electoral reform, pressing the Provider Reimbursement Consultants Government into allowing universal suffrage in Hong Kong in compliance with Hong Kong"s constitution, the Basic Law.
On 16 May 2010, he was re-elected as a lawmaker in the by-election. They also said that factional fighting within the party has become so hostile that it was beyond their ability to rectify the situation.
With Wong, he went on to launch People Power, under which name he continues to sit in Legco.
In January 2011, Chan and fellow legislator Wong Yuk-man resigned from the League of Social Democrats over differences with the leadership over what stance to take towards the Democratic Party in the discussions over Hong Kong"s political development. As two of the party"s three legislators, the move left the party and the remaining legislator, Leung Kwok-hung ("Long Hair") in a difficult position.
Chan, formerly a social worker, was also a member of the Tsuen Wan District Council. From 1994–2002 he was a member of the Democratic Party.