Ben Chan

Member of the Legislative CouncilAssumed office
1 January 2022Preceded byNew constituencyConstituencyNew Territories South WestIn office
1 October 2012 – 31 December 2021Preceded byCheung Hok-mingSucceeded byConstituency abolishedConstituencyNew Territories West Personal detailsBorn1975 (age 48–49)
Puning, Guangdong, ChinaPolitical partyDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)
New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS)Alma materHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyOccupationLegislative CouncillorProfessionEngineerSignature

Ben Chan
Traditional Chinese	陳恒鑌
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chàhn Hàhng bān Jyutping Can4 Hang4 ban1

Ben Chan Han-pan (Chinese: 陳恒鑌; born 1975) is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council (Geographical constituency New Territories South West) and was a member of Tsuen Wan District Council (Yeung Uk Road). He is a member of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, a pro-establishment party in Hong Kong.^[1] He is an engineer and graduated from Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Master of Science of Material Science and Engineering of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

In February 2021, Chan criticized RTHK, claiming it had been abusing its editorial independence, and that the new director, Patrick Li, could fix its "credibility" issues.^[2] In contrast, the RTHK's Programme Staff Union stated that they had serious doubts about Patrick Li, and that the government had made moves to strip editorial independence from RTHK.^[3]

Link

• Ben Chan's official website

References

Political offices
Preceded by Chan Yuk-man	Member of Tsuen Wan District Council Representative for Yeung Uk Road 2004–2019	Succeeded by Lam Sek-tim
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Cheung Hok-ming	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories West 2012–2021	Constituency abolished
New constituency	Member of Legislative Council Representative for New Territories South West 2022–present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by Raymond Chan Member of the Legislative Council	Hong Kong order of precedence Member of the Legislative Council	Succeeded by Leung Che-cheung Member of the Legislative Council