# Chan Ying-lun

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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 (age 75) Hong Kong Party Progressive Hong Kong Society (1980s) Democratic Foundation (1990s) Spouse Tan Yang-cher Children 1 Alma mater Cognito College University of Hong Kong (BSocSc) Occupation Corporate Affairs Manager

Chan Ying-lun Traditional Chinese 陳英麟 Simplified Chinese 陈英麟 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Yīnglín Yue: Cantonese Jyutping can4 jing1 leon4

**Chan Ying-lun**, [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), [JP](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace#Hong_Kong) ([Chinese](/source/Chinese_language): 陳英麟, born 6 October 1950) is a former member of the [Legislative Council of Hong Kong](/source/Legislative_Council_of_Hong_Kong) and [Eastern District Board](/source/Eastern_District_Council).

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

He was first elected as the Eastern District Board member in [1982](/source/1982_Hong_Kong_local_elections) and reelected in 1985 and 1988, for [Shau Kei Wan](/source/Shau_Kei_Wan_(constituency)). He was appointed as the Legislative Council in 1983. In [1988 election](/source/1988_Hong_Kong_legislative_election), he defeated the incumbent [Desmond Lee Yu-tai](/source/Desmond_Lee_Yu-tai) from the East Island [electoral college](/source/Electoral_college) constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and [Wan Chai District Board](/source/Wan_Chai_District_Council) by the margin of one vote.[2] When the [direct election was introduced in 1991](/source/1991_Hong_Kong_legislative_election), he lost his seat to the [pro-democracy](/source/Pro-democracy_camp_in_Hong_Kong) activists [Martin Lee](/source/Martin_Lee) and [Man Sai-cheong](/source/Man_Sai-cheong) of the [United Democrats of Hong Kong](/source/United_Democrats_of_Hong_Kong).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Database on LegCo members"](http://app.legco.gov.hk/member_front/english/library/member_detail.aspx?id=32). *Legislative Council of Hong Kong*. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-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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