Background
Chan was born in Fujian, People"s Republic of China.
Chan was born in Fujian, People"s Republic of China.
He graduated from the Department of Government and Public Administration at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and studied in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
He was appointed as special assistant to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Sir Donald Tsang, from 2006 to 2008, with an annual salary of Hong Kong$77,000. In 2008, Chan followed Lau Kong Wah in running to represent New Territories East in the Legislative Council elections after resigning as special assistant to the Chief Executive. With about 100,000 votes for their party list, both Chan and Lau were declared elected.
Shortly after the election results were announced, Chan was widely ridiculed for his poor English.
He is quoted as saying in response to a reporter"s question that the Dictionary of American Biography would "try our breast.. to improve people"s living hood ". Urine inspection
In a pre-election debate, Chan proposed to impose mandatory drug tests on teenagers returning from Mainland China, so as to fight against abusing narcotics by them.
The plan was criticised as abusing human rights. Libel
In another pre-election debate, Chan questioned Leung Kwok-hung for his "one-minute attendance" in each LegCo meeting.
Leung denied the accusation and considered that it is a libel on him.
Then replied with the fact of over 95% attendance and asked for apology. Inadequate English proficiency
Shortly after the result of the Legislative Council was announced and Chan"s victory and position as a Legislative Councillor was confirmed, Chan was interviewed by the press on live television, where he was questioned by one of the English-speaking reporters:
Mr Chan, you were able to get a seat, but the government-friendly camp is losing one seat, is that to your surprise? Chan replied:
lieutenant is a little bit surprise for us, but we will try our breast to….(stuttering with 3 consecutive "ers")…still, er, try our breast to, er, not just, er, criticise the government"s policy, but also make some, er, good suggestions in order to improve the people"s livinghood. Ok? His mistake involving the replacement of the word "best" by "breast, in particular, was criticised in the media and the general public in Hong Kong for his lack of English language proficiency despite being a Legislative Councillor.
A clip from the interview was uploaded on YouTube and subtitled to enhance the stutters and the phrase "try our breast".
He represents the New Territories East constituency and is a member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (Dictionary of American Biography) political party.
He was a member of Sha Tin District Council from 1999 to 2003.
