Chan Chi-chuen

For other people with related names, see Raymond Chan and Ray Chen.
The Honourable
Chan Chi-chuen
陳志全
Chairman of the People Power
Assumed office
10 September 2016
Preceded by Erica Yuen
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2012
Preceded by Wong Sing-chi
Constituency New Territories East
Personal details
Born (1972-04-16) 16 April 1972
Hong Kong
Political party People Power
Power Voters
Frontier (2010–16)
Residence Sai Wan Ho, Hong Kong
Alma mater Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSocSc in Sociology)
Occupation Presenter
Radio commentator
Politician
Religion Buddhism
Chan Chi-chuen
Traditional Chinese 陳志全

Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (born 16 April 1972 in Hong Kong, Chinese: 陳志全), also called Slow Beat (慢必) in his radio career, is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (representing the New Territories East constituency), presenter and former chief executive officer of Hong Kong Reporter.

Chan is the first openly gay politician in Hong Kong and Greater China,[1][2][3] which Hong Kong remains a mostly conservative society.[4]

Career

Chan graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1994 with a Bachelor of Social Science degree in Sociology.

In the early 1990s, under the stage name Slow Beat, he teamed up with Tam Tak-chi (aka Fast Beat) hosting a radio show on Commercial Radio Hong Kong known as Fast Slow Beats with help from Winnie Yu. The duo gained popularity when they hosted Challengers of Fire on Asia Television in 1997, but left the show one year later. They remained partners after joining Metro Showbiz in 2000 until Chan quit his career as radio host in 2007. He then spent one year practitioning Buddhism in Japan. He returned as radio host at Internet radio station Hong Kong Reporter in 2010 and was named its chief executive officer in 2011.

In September 2010, along with several fellow hosts of Hong Kong Reporter, Chan became a co-founder and deputy spokesperson[5] of political group Power Voters (later part of People Power), whose objective was to oppose the Democratic Party in 2011 district council elections. Chan failed to challenge Democrat Lee Wing-tat in Lai Wah of Kwai Tsing District Council.

In 2012, he teamed up with Erica Yuen in running for the Legislative Council election and was ultimately elected.[6] After the election, he came out as a gay and voiced his support for LGBT rights in Hong Kong, including the legislation of the Sexual Orientation Discrimination Ordinance.

Chan was re-elected in the 2016 election with 45,993 votes.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/hong-kong-sees-its-first-out-gay-politician110912
  2. ↑ "Gay lawmaker makes rights pledge". The Standard. Hong Kong. 12 September 2012. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27.
  3. ↑ Tsang, Emily (12 September 2012). "Raymond Chan hailed by gay community". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "Gay rights takes step from closet". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 13 September 2012. p. 14.
  5. ↑ "Legislative Council LC Paper No. CB(1)1225/10-11" (PDF). Legislative Council of Hong Kong. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Li, Joseph (31 July 2012). "Court tosses opposition challenge over CE election". China Daily. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Results". 2016 Legislative Council Election. Registration and Electoral Office. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Wong Sing-chi		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for New Territories East
2012–present 		Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by
Erica Yuen		 Chairman of People Power
2016–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Charles Mok
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Ben Chan
Member of the Legislative Council
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