Joephy Chan Wing-yan | |
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陳穎欣 | |
.png) Chan in 2022 | |
| Member of theLegislative Council | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2022 | |
| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Constituency | New Territories South West |
| Member of theSham Shui Po District Council | |
| In office 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Frederick Fung |
| Succeeded by | Li Kwing |
| Constituency | Lai Kok |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1990-12-01)1 December 1990 (age 34) Hong Kong |
| Political party | FTU |
| Parent | Chan Chi-kwong (father) |
| Residence | Hong Kong |
| Education | University of Hong Kong (BEcon) University of London (LLB) |
Joephy Chan Wing-yan[1] (Chinese:陳穎欣; born on 1 December 1990) is aFederation of Trade Unions politician in Hong Kong, who is currently a member of theLegislative Council, representingNew Territories South West. She is a former member of theSham Shui Po District Council forLai Kok from 2016 to 2019.
Chan's father is Chan Chi-kwong, president of the Hong Kong Customs Officers Association and former vice chairman of theFederation of Trade Unions (FTU).[citation needed] She went to the United Kingdom to study since middle school, and graduated from theUniversity of Hong Kong and theUniversity of London. She holds a Bachelor of Economics and Finance from the HKU and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London. Later, she joined FTU as a community officer inSham Shui Po.[citation needed]
During the2015 Hong Kong local elections, Chan represented the Federation of Trade Unions in the Lai Kok constituency seat of Sham Shui Po District Council and competed with Federick Fung, then a member of the Legislative Council of the ADPL. In the end, she won with 2,531 votes, while former ADPL member Wong Chung-kei got 215 votes at the same time.[2]
However, on2019 Hong Kong local elections, she was defeated by Li Kwing of the ADPL, losing her bid for re-election.[citation needed]
After losing the district council election, she opened herYouTube channel to comment on current affairs and became an internet celebrity; she also runs a YouTube channel with another unsuccessful district councillor candidate, Navis Ha Wing-ka.[citation needed]
In the2021 Hong Kong legislative election, she represented the Federation of Trade Unions in the newly created New Territories South West constituency. Chan won 62,690 votes and became the youngest member of the7th Legislative Council of Hong Kong.[citation needed]
In November 2023, she led a protest outside theUS Consulate in Hong Kong, stating that her party was not afraid of US sanctions.[3]
In February 2024, she criticized former Legislative Council PresidentJasper Tsang Yok-sing, claiming he was not supportive of theArticle 23 legislation.[4]
In April 2020, Chan posted a video on her YouTube channel titled"A new discovery by British and German scientists debunks the conspiracy of the United Kingdom and the United States to claim compensation from China. The source is the United States and Australia? The first case appeared in September last year? Both the United Kingdom and the United States have a guilty conscience?" The video cited a coronavirus study by a research team at theUniversity of Cambridge, which it claimed pointed to the origin of the virus as the United States or Australia. As of 28 April, the video had received over 380,000 views. However, an investigation by Hong Kong-based news agencyFactWire found that the video took the study out of context and misrepresented its findings.[citation needed]
Dr. Peter Forster, the expert who led the Cambridge research team, told FactWire that the purpose of the study was not to identify the origin of the virus, but rather to analyze how it mutates over time and spreads among humans. He also noted that early data showed most patients in the initial stage of the outbreak wereEast Asian, suggesting that the virus was already spreading among them during the early phase.[5]
In September 2020, Chan and another pro-establishment figure, Navis Ha, commented on an incident involving a pregnant woman who was pushed down by police during a demonstration marking the first anniversary of thePrince Edward station attack. Chan referred to the woman as a "criminal woman" and questioned her conduct "after being interviewed by the media."[6]
On 29 September, Hong Kong Police CommissionerChris Tang addressed the incident during aYau Tsim Mong District Council meeting. He stated that during police operations on 31 August and 6 September at the Mong Kok demonstration site, a pregnant woman had been pushed down. Tang noted that the scene was very chaotic, and while some people shouted that a pregnant woman was present, not everyone could hear it.[citation needed]
In March 2023, Chan supported a ban of face masks at lawful rallies, saying "[C]alling for relaxations of the mask ban is to abet chaos."[7]
In June 2023, Chan defended a change todistrict councils, where fewer seats than before are democratically elected; Chan said "You shouldn't measure it by western values and how much it resembles the western system of politics to decide whether this is the right system of Hong Kong."[8]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member ofSham Shui Po District Council Representative forLai Kok 2016–2019 | Succeeded by |
| Legislative Council of Hong Kong | ||
| New constituency | Member of Legislative Council Representative forNew Territories South West 2022–present | Incumbent |