{{Short description|Hong Kong politician}} {{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Chan]]|Judy Chan|Chan Kapui|lang=Hong Kong}} [[File:Chan Ka-pui in 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Chan in 2018]]
'''Judy Chan Kapui''' ({{zh-t|陳家珮}}; born 4 April 1980) is a Hong Kong politician who is a current member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong]] elected through the [[Elections Committee (Hong Kong)|Elections Committee]] and re-elected through Hong Kong Island West in 2025. She is a member of the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] and was a former member of [[Southern District Council]] for [[South Horizons West (constituency)|South Horizons West]], until 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ms CHAN Judy Kapui|url=http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/south/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=1753|work=Southern District Council}}</ref>
==Biography== The daughter of an antique store owner, Chan lived on [[the Peak, Hong Kong|the Peak]], one of Hong Kong's most affluent locations, and graduated from [[Monash University]]. She says that she worked in the United States for seven years before relocating to Hong Kong. She was a founding member of the [[New People's Party (Hong Kong)|New People's Party]] (NPP) and became known when she won the 2014 Southern District Council by-election in [[South Horizons West (constituency)|South Horizons West]], defeating two pro-democracy heavyweights, the [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]'s former Legislative Councillor [[Sin Chung-kai]] and [[People Power (Hong Kong)|People Power]] chairwoman [[Erica Yuen]].<ref name="successor">{{cite news|url=https://www.hk01.com/%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/138322/-%E7%AB%8B%E6%9C%83%E8%A3%9C%E9%81%B8-%E5%AD%B8%E6%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E7%A5%9EVS%E8%91%89%E5%8A%89%E6%8E%A5%E7%8F%AD%E4%BA%BA-%E5%91%A8%E5%BA%AD-%E9%99%B3%E5%AE%B6%E7%8F%AE%E8%AA%B0%E4%BE%86%E9%A0%AD%E6%9B%B4%E5%8B%81-|title=【立會補選】學民女神VS葉劉接班人 周庭、陳家珮誰來頭更勁？|date=4 December 2017|work=HK01}}</ref>
She then became seen as a future successor to NPP chairwoman [[Regina Ip]].<ref name="successor"/> She stood unsuccessfully in the [[2016 Hong Kong legislative election|2016 Legislative Council election]] in [[Hong Kong Island (constituency)|Hong Kong Island]] on a ticket, behind Ip, that received more than 60,000 votes, the highest in the poll.<ref name="successor"/> She had relinquished her United States citizenship to stand in the election.
In the [[2018 Hong Kong Island by-election]] triggered by the [[Hong Kong Legislative Council oath-taking controversy|oath-taking controversy]] which resulted in the disqualification of [[Demosisto]]'s [[Nathan Law]], Chan became the pro-Beijing representative to run against [[Au Nok-hin]].<ref name="successor"/> Despite earning more than 120,000 votes, she lost to Au with a narrow margin of 3.5 per cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.gov.hk/legco2018by/eng/rs_gc_LC1.html?1520800265494|title=Election Result - Hong Kong Island|work=Electoral Affairs Commission}}</ref>
On 5 January 2022, [[Carrie Lam]] announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potential [[COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong|COVID-19]] outbreaks.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-05|title=Bars, gyms to close, 6pm restaurant curfew as Hong Kong ramps up Omicron battle|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3162190/coronavirus-hong-kongs-fifth-wave-has-already|access-date=2022-01-07|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en}}</ref> One day later, it was discovered that Chan attended a birthday [[Witman Hung partygate|party hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man]], with 222 guests.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1628558-20220112.htm?|title=衞生防護中心最新發現洪為民宴會人數為222人|website=News.rthk.hk|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-10/hong-kong-finds-another-suspected-covid-case-at-notorious-party Hong Kong Finds New Suspected Covid Case at Official’s Scandal-Hit Birthday Party], Bloomberg.com</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=2022-01-07|title=All 170 guests of Covid-19 scandal-hit birthday party sent to quarantine|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3162476/coronavirus-19-hong-kong-lawmakers-attended-birthday-party|access-date=2022-01-07|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en}}</ref> At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined.<ref name=":0" /> Chan was warned by Legislative Council president [[Andrew Leung]] to not attend any meetings until after finishing her last mandatory Covid-19 test on 22 January 2022.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=2022-01-19|title=Covid-19: Lawmakers embroiled in 'birthday bash' scandal return to legislature after home quarantine|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2022/01/19/covid-19-lawmakers-embroiled-in-birthday-bash-scandal-return-to-legislature-after-home-quarantine/|access-date=2022-01-19|newspaper=[[Hong Kong Free Press]]|language=en-GB}}</ref> However, she decided to attend the meeting on 19 January 2022, against Leung's orders.<ref name=":1" /> About the party, Chan said "It was held shortly after an intense Legislative Council election, and the same day as our oath-taking ceremony, so we just went there to chill and celebrate".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-04|title=Should host, other officials also take rap for Hong Kong 'partygate' scandal?|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3165750/hong-kong-top-official-caspar-tsui-got-boot-partygate|access-date=2022-02-04|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
In September 2022, Chan tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Drug alert over elderly patients |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/4/245318/Drug-alert-over-elderly-patients |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, one of the first motions passed in the Legislative Council came from Chan, who urged a crackdown on foreign domestic helpers who were "job hopping" or leaving their employers early.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leung |first=Hillary |date=2023-01-15 |title='No voice': Without an opposition, Hong Kong's 'patriots only' Legislative Council leaves marginalised groups behind |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2023/01/15/no-voice-without-an-opposition-hong-kongs-patriots-only-legislative-council-leaves-marginalised-groups-behind/ |access-date=2023-01-15 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In December 2025, she was re-elected as Legislative Councilor through Hong Kong Island West constituency.
In March 2026, Chan was fined HK$2,000 and disqualified from driving for one month for driving along a road in the wrong direction, after a video of the incident went viral two months earlier. She penitently said that she would not drive 'for the time being'.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-24 |title=Hong Kong lawmaker ready to face legal consequences after ‘rash’ driving decision |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3341092/hong-kong-lawmaker-ready-face-legal-consequences-after-rash-driving-decision |access-date=2026-01-27 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-09 |title=Judy Chan fined, banned from driving for one month |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1846596-20260309.htm |access-date=2026-03-12 |website=RTHK News |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{commonscat|Judy Chan}} {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Andrew Fung]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Southern District Council]]|years=2014–2019|district=[[South Horizons West (constituency)|South Horizons West]]}} {{s-aft|after=[[Kelvin Lam Ho-por]]}} {{s-par|hk}} {{s-bef|before=Constituency created}} {{s-ttl|title=Member of the [[Legislative Council]]|years=2022–present|district=[[Election Committee (constituency)|Election Committee]]}} {{s-aft|after=present}} {{s-end}}
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