Chan Ying-lun

Chan Ying-lun
OBE, JP
陳英麟
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
27 September 1983  25 August 1988
Appointed by Sir Edward Youde
Sir David Wilson
In office
12 October 1988  22 August 1991
Preceded by Desmond Lee Yu-tai
Succeeded by Martin Lee
Man Sai-cheong
Constituency East Island
Personal details
Born (1950-10-06) 6 October 1950
Hong Kong
Political party Progressive Hong Kong Society (1980s)
Democratic Foundation (1990s)
Spouse(s) Tan Yang-cher
Children 1
Alma mater Cognito College
University of Hong Kong (BSocSc)
Occupation Corporate Affairs Manager

Chan Ying-lun, OBE, JP (Chinese: 陳英麟, born 6 October 1950) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Eastern District Board.

He was brought up in the Shau Kei Wan squatters area and graduated from Cognito College and University of Hong Kong. He worked as the corporate affairs manager of the San Miguel Brewery Ltd.[1]

He was first elected as the Eastern District Board member in 1982 and reelected in 1985 and 1988. He was appointed as the Legislative Council in 1983. In 1988 election, he defeated the incumbent Desmond Lee Yu-tai from the East Island electoral college constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Wan Chai District Board by the margin of one vote.[2] When the direct election was introduced in 1991, he lost his seat to the pro-democracy activists Martin Lee and Man Sai-cheong of the United Democrats of Hong Kong.

References

  1. "Database on LegCo members". Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  2. Kuan, Hsin-Chi (1996). The 1995 Legislative Council Elections in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. p. 74.
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