Chan Kin-por

The Honourable
Chan Kin-por
BBS, JP
陳健波
Member of the Legislative Council
Assumed office
1 October 2008
Preceded by Bernard Chan
Constituency Insurance
Personal details
Born 1954
China
Alma mater Ng Wah College
Occupation Legislative Councillor
Website www.kpchan.com

Chan Kin-por, BBS, JP (Chinese: 陳健波; born 1954, China with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong) is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Functional constituency, Insurance).[1] He is chairman of the Legco Finance Committee.[2]

Known as 'KP', he grew up in a poor family in a squatter area in Wong Tai Sin, and didn't go to university, instead taking a job in the insurance industry.[2]

After serving as the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong office of Munich Re for four years, Chan became a member of the Munich Re China Advisory Board and focused on his Legislative Council role.[3] Prior to that, he was the Assistant General Manager and Head of Insurance Group of Hang Seng Bank.[4]

He was chair of the Chinese Insurance Association of Hong Kong for two years from 1998, and of the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers from 2004 to 2005.[2]

In 2008, he won a seat in the Legislative Council, representing the (insurance) functional constituency, after incumbent Bernard Chan stood down.[2]

In the run-up to the 23 June 2010 Legco vote on the Hong Kong government's 2009 reform package, he offered his support if it included the Democratic Party's compromise proposal to have the five new district council functional constituency seats returned by popular election.[5]

In 2015, the legislator, who was elected unopposed to his functional constituency seat, criticised the electoral regime in Hong Kong for filibustering pro-democratic legislators when speaking in favour of appropriations for the new IT Bureau, saying "everyone knows Hong Kong's elections are weird, and a prospective candidate can get elected with only 20–30 thousand votes".[6][7] Chan defended the fact that he was unopposed at Legislative Council elections, saying that people ought not to underestimate functional consistencies. He suggested he was elected because chief executives of over a hundred insurance companies – the corporate votes making up the majority of his constituency – knew exactly who does things properly.[6][7]

In October 2015, he was appointed chair of the Finance Committee, drawing praise and criticism for restricting procedural delays by pan-democratic councillors.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Recipients of HKSAR Honours and Awards
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The transformation of mild-mannered Hong Kong lawmaker Chan Kin-por into radical-baiting head of Legco's Finance Committee, SCMP, 16 November 2015
  3. ↑ Munich Reinsurance Company Hong Kong Branch Office Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Hang Seng Insurance website Archived July 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine..
  5. ↑ Divisions remain over DP compromise, The Standard, 20 June 2010
  6. 1 2 http://news.mingpao.com/ins/instantnews/web_tc/article/20151109/s00001/1447035925451
  7. 1 2 http://www.ejinsight.com/20151110-why-this-lawmaker-isnt-worth-as-much-as-those-he-belittles/
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by
Bernard Chan		 Member of Legislative Council
Representative for Insurance
2008–present 		Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Gary Chan
Member of the Legislative Council		 Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Legislative Council 		Succeeded by
Priscilla Leung
Member of the Legislative Council
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