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Brave Chan Yung
陳勇
Chan in 2020
Vice-Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Assumed office
19 April 2013
ChairmanTam Yiu-chung
Starry Lee
Preceded byLau Kong-wah
Chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies
Assumed office
April 2011
PresidentLeung Che-cheung
Preceded byWan Yuet-kau
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 January 2022
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyHKSAR 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 partyDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)
New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS)
Alma materCCC Chuen Yuen College
City University of Hong Kong
Chinese University of Hong Kong
OccupationSocial worker
Politician
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳勇
Simplified Chinese陈勇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Yǒng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingcan4 jung5

Brave Chan Yung, BBS, JP (Chinese: 陳勇, born 24 September 1969[1]) is a Hong Kong pro-Beijing politician. He is the vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) and chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies (NTAS). He has been the Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress since 2013, and since 2022 he became a member of the Legislative Council, representing the HKSAR Members of NPC and CPPCC, Representatives of National Organisations constituency.

Career

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Chan graduated from the City University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Work. He later obtained a master's degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been a registered social worker and participated in many public services. He has also been appointed to many public positions including the member of the Commission on Youth (2003–2009) and Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, secretary general of the Hong Kong Celebration Association, vice-president of the Federation of New Territories Youth, member of the North District Fight Crime Committee and member of the Hong Kong Professionals and Senior Executives Association. He was also the Hong Kong member of the 10th All-China Youth Federation, a youth organisation led by the Chinese Communist Party.[citation needed] In 2008, he was appointed to the North District Council.[citation needed]

Pang was elected chairman of the New Territories Association of Societies in April 2011.[citation needed] 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.[2] In the same year, he was made vice-chairman of the DAB.[citation needed]

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-Zhuhai-Macau bridge opens in 2016. He cited an instruction from National People's Congress chairman Zhang Dejiang to the 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".[3]

He has been the spokesman of the Alliance for Peace and Democracy, the anti-Occupy Central rally group since 2014. He was also made Justice of the Peace in 2011 and was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2014.[citation needed]

In December 2022, Chan tested positive for COVID-19.[4][5]

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."[6]

References

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  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. ^ Lee, Colleen (25 February 2013). "Give mainland parallel-goods traders border ban, NPC to urge CPPCC". South China Morning Post.
  3. ^ Cheung, Tony (20 March 2014). "'Urgent action needed' to avoid conflict on Lantau".
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Kong, Dimsumdaily Hong (2022-12-15). "Legislative Councillor Brave Chan Yung tests positive for COVID-19". Dimsum Daily. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  6. ^ "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 Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
2013–present
Served alongside: Chan Hak-kan, Holden Chow, Horace Cheung, Chan Hok-fung