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Judy Chan Kapui (Chinese:陳家珮; born 4 April 1980) is a Hong Kong politician who is a current member of theLegislative Council of Hong Kong elected through theElections Committee. She is a member of theNew People's Party and was a former member ofSouthern District Council forSouth Horizons West, until 2019.[1]
Daughter of an antique store owner, Chan lived onthe Peak and graduated fromMonash University. She says that she worked in the United States for seven years before relocating to Hong Kong. She was a founding member of theNew People's Party (NPP) and became known when she contested in the Southern District Council by-election inSouth Horizons West in 2014, defeating two pro-democracy heavyweights, theDemocratic Party's former Legislative Council memberSin Chung-kai andPeople Power chairwomanErica Yuen.[2]
She then became seen as a future successor to NPP chairwomanRegina Ip.[2] She also stood in the2016 Legislative Council election inHong Kong Island as a second candidate. Her ticket received more than 60,000 votes, the highest votes a ticket received in the constituency.[2] She relinquished her United States citizenship to stand in the election.
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In the2018 Hong Kong Island by-election triggered by theoath-taking controversy which resulted in the disqualification ofDemosisto'sNathan Law, Chan became the pro-Beijing representative to run againstAu Nok-hin.[2] Despite receiving more than 120,000 votes, she lost to Au with a narrow margin of 3.5 per cent.[3]
On 5 January 2022,Carrie Lam announced new warnings and restrictions against social gathering due to potentialCOVID-19 outbreaks.[4] One day later, it was discovered that Chan attended a birthdayparty hosted by Witman Hung Wai-man, with 222 guests.[5][6][7] At least one guest tested positive with COVID-19, causing all guests to be quarantined.[7] Chan was warned by Legislative Council presidentAndrew Leung to not attend any meetings until after finishing her last mandatory Covid-19 test on 22 January 2022.[8] However, she decided to attend the meeting on 19 January 2022, against Leung's orders.[8] 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".[9]
In September 2022, Chan tested positive for COVID-19.[10]
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.[11]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of theSouthern District Council Representative forSouth Horizons West 2014–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
| Preceded by Constituency created | Member of theLegislative Council Representative forElection Committee 2022–present | Succeeded by present |