Chan Yung

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Brave Chan Yung
HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations
Hong Kong Deputy to the National People's Congress
Assumed office
February 2013
ChairmanZhang Dejiang
Li Zhanshu
Member of the North District Council
Assumed office
1 January 2008
Appointed byDonald Tsang
Personal details
Born (1969-09-24) 24 September 1969 (age 54)
Political party
Hanyu Pinyin
Chén Yǒng
Yue: Cantonese
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Brave Chan Yung,

HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations
constituency.

Career

Chan graduated from the

Communist Party of China.[2] In 2008, he was appointed to the North District Council
.

Pang was elected chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies in April 2011.[2] In 2013, he was elected Hong Kong's Deputy to the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) by just 1,620 voters. During his office in the NPC, he urged the mainland authority to ban convicted parallel-goods traders from visiting Hong Kong on the Individual Visit Scheme for up to several years.[3] In the same year, he was made vice-chairman of the DAB.

In February 2014, he was appointed to the Lantau Development Advisory Committee to roll out a series of proposals to improve its infrastructure before the HK$83 billion

Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council to work with the Hong Kong government and "make plans and assess the city's tourism capacity".[4]

He has been the spokesman of the

Justice of the Peace in 2011 and was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star
in 2014.

In December 2022, Chan tested positive for COVID-19.[5][6]

In January 2023, Chan supported the government's efforts to enact Article 23, stating "Hong Kong should not take a chance and allow foreign proxies to enter the city."[7]

References

  1. ^ "全国人民代表大会 代表信息 陈勇". www.npc.gov.cn. Retrieved 27 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "榮膺太平紳士 陳勇先生簡介". Wen Wei Po. 16 February 2012.
  3. ^ Lee, Colleen (25 February 2013). "Give mainland parallel-goods traders border ban, NPC to urge CPPCC". South China Morning Post.
  4. ^ Cheung, Tony (20 March 2014). "'Urgent action needed' to avoid conflict on Lantau".
  5. ^ 高諾恆 (2022-12-15). "議員陳勇核酸檢測呈陽性全身無力 今日缺席人大選舉". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  6. ^ Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (2022-12-15). "Legislative Councillor Brave Chan Yung tests positive for COVID-19". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong's Article 23 security law to be passed 'hopefully by this year': John Lee". South China Morning Post. 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
New constituency Member of Legislative Council
Representative for
HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations

2022–present
Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Chairman of New Territories Association of Societies
2011–present
Incumbent
Preceded by Vice Chairman of