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The Honourable
Chan Yuen-han
SBS, JP
陳婉嫻
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 October 2012
Preceded byNew constituency
ConstituencyDistrict Council
In office
11 October 1995 – 23 June 1997
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyKowloon North-east
In office
2 July 1998 – 16 July 2008
Preceded byNew parliament
Succeeded byWong Kwok-kin
ConstituencyKowloon East
In office
22 February 1997 – 8 April 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byReplaced by Provisional Legislative Council
ConstituencyKowloon North-east
Personal details
Born (1946-11-15) 15 November 1946 (age 78)
Baoan, China
Political partyHong Kong Federation of Trade Unions
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong (1992–2011)
Alma materHoi Luk Fung School,
San Kiu Middle School,
Chack Kwan Middle School,
Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Guangdong Science and Research University,
University of Warwick
OccupationLabour Service

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Chan Yuen-han
Traditional Chinese陳婉嫻
Simplified Chinese陈婉娴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Wǎnxían
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingCan4 Jyun2haan4

Template:Contains Chinese text Chan Yuen-han (陳婉嫻) (Chinese: 陳婉嫻 ), SBS, JP, nicknamed Sister Han (Chinese: 嫻姐), (born 16 November 1946 in Baoan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China) is a member of Hong Kong Legislative Council and a noted Hong Kong female trade unionist. She is the vice-chairperson of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, and was one of the 52 founding members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong.

In 1988, as FTU vice-chairwoman, she was the first FTU candidate to stand in local elections, winning a seat on Eastern District Council.[1] She joined the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco) in 1995 and was the first female trade unionist to serve as a Legco member.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Pro-Beijing camp still simmering over CE candidate, South China Morning Post, 2 June 2005
  2. ^ EOC
  3. ^ Biodata
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded byas Representative for Kowloon Central constituency Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Kowloon North-east
1995–1997 		Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
New parliament Member of Provisional Legislative Council
1997–1998 		Replaced by Legislative Council
Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Kowloon East
1998–2008 		Succeeded by
New constituency Member of Legislative Council
Representative for District Council (Second)
2012–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Kenneth 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
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