Bunny Chan Chung-bun (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician. He is the former chairman of the

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, a Hong Kong deputy to the

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of China and the chairman of the Hong Kong Army Cadets Association.

History

Bunny Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1957 with his family originated from

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. After graduating from secondary school in 1976, he worked at

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’s Kai Ngai Embroidery Factory as a clerk and a sewing trainee and learnt procedures such as blinding and button holing form working at his friends' and foreman's workshops. In 1979, he opened a factory with a capital of 2000 dollars and rented a site in Mei King Mansion for manufacturing travel bags and other gifts, a predecessor of Prospectful Garment Factory. In 1983, he switched to producing children's clothes and set up Prospectful Holdings Ltd. and became its chairman which outsource its production processes and expanded in scale. He moved the factory to

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in 1985 and later bought out the site. He was first appointed to the

in 2000, and then elected chairman of the council from 2004. He first contested in the 2011 District Council election and won a seat in Hip Hong, which he lost his seat in

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following a rout of pro-Beijing candidates amidst the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests. Chan was appointed council member of the

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from 2006 to 2012 in which he was conferred Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by the university in 2013. He is also a vice-chairperson of the Community Care Fund Task Force of the Commission on Poverty from 2012. He is a member of the Council for Sustainable Development from 2015. In 2012 he was elected to the

by the electoral college as a Hong Kong deputy. Chan was appointed to the Commission on Youth in 2004 and was chairman from 2009 to 2015. He is also the founding chairman of the Hong Kong Army Cadets Association which was established in 2015. The mission of the Association is said to enhance youths’ attributes of self-enhancement, self-discipline, self-confidence, sense of responsibility, leadership and volunteerism. However the association sparked controversy over its "secretive" inauguration ceremony held in the restricted area of the

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navy base on

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with the few members of the media invited all having close ties to Beijing. The association was blasted as pro-Beijing indoctrination. Chan was appointed

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in 2002 and was awarded the

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medal in 2004,

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medal in 2009 and

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medal in 2014. He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Bunny 1957 births Living people Delegates to the 12th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Delegates to the 13th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress from Hong Kong District councillors of Kwun Tong District Hong Kong businesspeople Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005 Recipients of the Bronze Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star