{{Short description|Politician from Hong Kong}} {{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Chan]]|Maggie Chan|Chan Man-ki|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox officeholder | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Maggie Chan | native_name = {{nobold|陳曼琪}} | honorific_suffix = | image = Chan Man-ki in 2019 (cropped).jpg | caption = Chan in 2019 | office = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] | term_start = 1 January 2022 | term_end = | majority = | predecessor = ''New constituency'' | successor = | constituency = [[Election Committee (constituency)|Election Committee]] | office2 = Deputy to the [[National People's Congress]] | term_start2 = 5 March 2018 | term_end2 = | successor2 = | constituency2 = Hong Kong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|2|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = | other_party = | parents = | children = | relations = | spouse = | occupation = Politician<br />Lawyer | alma_mater = [[University of Hong Kong]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) | signature = | website = }}
'''Maggie Chan Man-ki''', [[Medal of Honour (Hong Kong)|MH]], [[Justice of Peace|JP]] ({{lang-zh|陳曼琪}}; born 3 February 1969) is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician. She was a member of the [[Wong Tai Sin District Council]] for [[Ching Oi (constituency)|Ching Oi]] from 2004 to 2019 and has been a Hong Kong deputy to the [[National People's Congress]] (NPC) since 2017. She is a member of the Legislative Council since 2022.
==Biography== Chan was graduated from the [[University of Hong Kong]] with Bachelor of Laws in 1991. She was admitted as solicitor in October 1994 and has since practiced law and has become a senior partner of CMK Lawyers in 2019.
She was first elected to the [[Wong Tai Sin District Council]] for [[Ching Oi (constituency)|Ching Oi]] constituency as a member of the [[Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong]] (DAB). She quit the DAB in January 2016, citing her busy work with the Small and Medium Law Firms Association.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anti-Occupy District Councillor announces departure from pro-Beijing DAB Party|url=https://hongkongfp.com/2015/12/23/anti-occupy-district-councillor-announces-departure-from-pro-beijing-dab-party/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=23 December 2015}}</ref> She decided not to seek for [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|re-election in 2019]] in the wake of a pro-democracy landslide where her seat was taken by [[localism in Hong Kong|localist]] Eddie Sham.
Chan had been appointed to many public offices by the government, including member of the [[Town Planning Board]] from 2006 to 2012, council member of the [[City University of Hong Kong]] from 2007 to 2013, member of the [[Equal Opportunities Commission (Hong Kong)|Equal Opportunities Commission]] from 2007 to 2013 and council member of the [[Lingnan University (Hong Kong)|Lingnan University]] from 2015 to 2021 among others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chan, Maggie Man Ki 陳曼琪|url=https://webb-site.com/dbpub/positions.asp?p=28061|work=Webb-site Who's Who}}</ref> When she was appointed to the council of the Lingnan University by [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] [[Leung Chun-ying]] in 2015, it was strongly protested by the students.
Chan rose to prominence when she represented the minibus drivers' group during the [[2014 Hong Kong protests|2014 Occupy protests]] to obtain and deliver court injunction prohibiting occupiers from erecting obstructions at protest site in [[Mong Kok]], which triggered the clearance of the occupying site in November 2014, marking the beginning of the end of the historic protests.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hong Kong police arrest activists after Mong Kok scuffles|date=25 November 2014|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-30188665}}</ref> In 2016, Chan supported the [[Companies Registry (Hong Kong)|Companies Registry]] decision to refuse the application of [[Hong Kong independence|pro-independence]] [[Hong Kong National Party]] as she claimed that advocating Hong Kong independence was an illegal activity according to the [[Crimes Ordinance]]s Sections 9 and 10.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/03/29/hong-kong-national-party-denied-registration-to-companies-registry/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=29 March 2016|title=Newly formed pro-independence Hong Kong National Party 'denied registration' by Companies Registry|first=Hermina|last=Wong}}</ref>
She was first elected as Hong Kong deputy to the [[National People's Congress]] (NPC) in 2017 and was an ''ex officio'' member of the [[Election Committee]]. She was a leading advocate for implementing the [[2020 Hong Kong national security law|national security law]] in Hong Kong in 2020 by directly putting the clauses into the Annex III of the [[Basic Law of Hong Kong]], bypassing the local legislation process, which was eventually adopted by Beijing.<ref>{{cite news|title=HK delegates push for national security law|date=19 May 2020|work=Asia Times|url=https://asiatimes.com/2020/05/hk-delegates-push-for-national-security-law/}}</ref>
In January 2022, after [[2021 Hong Kong legislative election|elected]] as a member of the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]], Chan voiced concerns over the slow progress on legislation to regulate donations and crowd-funding, which were used by pro-democracy figures during the [[2019–2020 Hong Kong protests]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Standard|first=The|title=Lawmakers mull legislation to stop 'yellow economic circle'|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/186436/Lawmakers-mull-legislation-to-stop-%27yellow-economic-circle%27|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Standard|language=en}}</ref>
In July 2022, Chan was deemed a close contact of a COVID-19 case and was assigned to home quarantine for a week.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Director of Health under quarantine |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/192308/Director-of-Health-under-quarantine |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>
In September 2022, Chan called for the decolonisation of Hong Kong, saying that the city had an "urgent need" to first remove historical terms from law books, stating "China has already resumed its sovereignty over Hong Kong for 25 years. Under the 'patriots ruling Hong Kong' principle, there is an urgent need to amend the local laws, which still carry colonial terms such as 'her majesty' and 'minister of state', to defend the authority of the country's constitution and reflect the constitutional order of Hong Kong."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-04 |title=Outpouring of grief for queen in Hong Kong sparks 'decolonisation' calls |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3194807/hong-kongs-mourning-queen-elizabeth-sparks-new-calls |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
In November 2022, Chan again called for the decolonization of Hong Kong, and said that more types of people (including senior counsels on contract) should pledge allegiance to Hong Kong.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Lawmaker urges authorities to speed up work on decolonizing Hong Kong's laws |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/197208/Lawmaker-urges-authorities-to-speed-up-work-on-decolonizing-Hong-Kong%27s-laws |access-date=2022-11-16 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> Chan also said that after [[Glory to Hong Kong]] was played in a rugby match that Hong Kong athletes in international events should also sign a declaration of loyalty to the government as well.<ref name=":0" />
In December 2025, Chan was re-elected as Legislative Councilor though the same constituency.
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