Career
Chan joined the music industry after winning the first prize at an amateur creative singing contest in 1975 in Hong Kong with the English song "Dark Side of Your Mind", which she composed with lyrics provided by her then-manager Pato Leung. Later, this became one of the her best remembered song. Chan used to sing along with the Hong Kong group, The Wynners.
Chan is married to Lion Group Chairman, Tan Sri William Cheng.