Chan Meng Kam

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Chan Meng Kam
Macau (Directly elected)
Personal details
Born (1962-11-09) November 9, 1962 (age 61)
United Citizens Association of Macau
Chan Meng Kam
Hanyu Pinyin
Chén Míngjīn
Yue: Cantonese
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Chan Meng Kam (

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Personal life

Chan arrived in Macau from mainland China when he was 17 years old.[2] Despite the lack of education, he establishes himself as one of the predominant figure in Macau society.[3] Chan made his fortunes during Macau's economic growth in the early 1990, first as a factory worker.

In 1990, Chan set up Golden Dragon Group Company Limited [4] and later become the shareholder of San Miu Supermarket Limited. While he started his conglomerate with a rented casino VIP room from Stanley Ho, Chan's business empire later included supermarket, hotel and the trading of electrical appliances.[5] Currently Chan is one of the richest man in Macau, owning hundreds of residential and commercial properties.[6][7][8]

Chan transformed the Macao Fujian Fellow General Association from a provincial society to one of the major political parties with a vast network of community services for the working class. With a sizable following among the Fujian new immigrants, Chan entered politics and served as a directly elected legislator between 2005 and 2017.[9]

Trivia

Chan once gave away over one million hk dollars after scoring hole-in-one.[10]

In August 2014, Chan's residence was robbed, a sum of 5000 Macau Pataca was stolen with nobody arrested over the incident.[11]

Election results

Year Candidate Hare quota Mandate List Votes List Pct
2005 Chan Meng Kam (
ACUM
)
10,351 No.2/12 20,701 16.57%
2009 Chan Meng Kam (
ACUM
)
8,507 No.2/12 17,014 12.00%
2013 Chan Meng Kam (
ACUM
)
6,596 No.1/14 26,385 18.02%

See also

References

  1. ^ "第四屆立法會選舉候選名單總" (PDF). 澳門行政暨公職局. 2009-07-15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-26.
  2. ^ "PROFILE CHAN MENG KAM: FROM POOR MIGRANT TO MACAU MAGNATE". 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  3. ^ "唔扮嘢,做自己,時間證明一切!陳明金跟你分享他的「瀟灑」哲學 Chan shares his own philosophy (in Chinese)". 2014-07-08. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  4. ^ "携手同行 共创辉煌——记世界福建青年联会会长陈明金". 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2017-07-14.[permanent dead link]
  5. ISSN 1752-7554
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  6. ^ "Properties owned by Chan (in Chinese)". 2017-07-01. Archived from the original on 2017-07-23. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  7. ^ "探射燈:澳高官議員 身家「大晒冷」". 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  8. ^ "【一桿入洞】澳政界樓王陳明金 業務遍佈不同界別". 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  9. ISSN 1680-2012
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  10. ^ "Macau tycoon gives away HK$1 mln after hole-in-one". 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  11. ^ "澳門消息:立會議員陳明金寓所遭持刀賊入屋行劫". 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2017-07-15.