Chan Meng Kam (; born 9 November 1962 in
Ludongcun,
Dongshi,
Jinjiang,
Fujian
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,
China
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) is a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Macau
The Legislative Assembly of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; ) is the organ of the legislative branch of Macau. It is a 33-member body comprising 14 directly elected members, 12 indirectly elected members representing functional con ...
. Chan Meng Kam is a member of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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, President of the
Macau Paralympic Committee, Chairman of
City University of Macau
City University of Macau (CityU; , pt, Universidade da Cidade de Macau) is a private university in Taipa, Macau, China. It was established in 1981 as the University of East Asia. It was renamed as Asia International Open University (Macau) in 199 ...
and
Huaqiao University
Huaqiao University (; Acronym: HQU) is a national university located in Xiamen and Quanzhou, Fujian province, China.
Huaqiao University was founded in 1960, with support from the late Chinese premier and historical figure Zhou Enlai, for stu ...
.
Personal life
Chan arrived in Macau from mainland China when he was 17 years old.
Despite the lack of education, he establishes himself as one of the predominant figure in Macau society. Chan made his fortunes during Macau's economic growth in the early 1990, first as a factory worker.
In 1990, Chan set up Golden Dragon Group Company Limited and later become the shareholder of San Miu Supermarket Limited. While he started his conglomerate with a rented casino VIP room from
Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong-Macau billionaire businessman. His original patrilineal surname was Bosman, which was later sinicized to 何 (Ho). He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns ...
, Chan's business empire later included supermarket, hotel and the trading of electrical appliances. Currently Chan is one of the richest man in Macau, owning hundreds of residential and commercial properties.
Chan transformed the Macao Fujian Fellow General Association from a provincial society to one of the major political parties with a vast network of community services for the working class. With a sizable following among the Fujian new immigrants, Chan entered politics and served as a directly elected legislator between 2005 and 2017.
Trivia
Chan once gave away over one million hk dollars after scoring hole-in-one.
In August 2014, Chan's residence was robbed, a sum of 5000 Macau Pataca was stolen with nobody arrested over the incident.
Election results
See also
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List of members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau
The following is a historical list of members for the current and past Legislative Assemblies of Macau:
Political bloc
List of Colonial members
Key: DE– Directly elected members; IE– Indirectly elected members; AP– Appointed member ...
References
1962 births
Living people
Cantonese people
Members of the Legislative Assembly of Macau
Macau United Citizens Association politicians
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