Peter Chan Chi-kwan ( Chinese: 陳子鈞, 7 March 1936 – March 2017) was a

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and a member of the

Urban Council of Hong Kong The Urban Council (UrbCo) was a municipal council in Hong Kong responsible for municipal services on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon (including New Kowloon). These services were provided by the council's executive arm, the Urban Services ...

for more than twenty years. He was the founding member and former vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Civic Association and legal adviser to the

Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions The Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions (HKFTU) is a pro-Beijing labour and political group established in 1948 in Hong Kong. It is the oldest and largest labour group in Hong Kong with over 420,000 members in 253 affiliates and associated ...

. He was also former

Kowloon City District Board The Kowloon City District Council () is the district council for the Kowloon City District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Kowloon City District Council currently consists of 25 members, of which the district is divided into 25 ...

member (1982-1991), and Urban Councillor (1969-1991). He was first elected to the Urban Council in 1969 and continued to be re-elected in 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, and 1989, until he was defeated in

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. He also founded the Association of Experts for Modernization in 1979 and was appointed to the Consultative Committee for the Basic Law by the

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Government in 1985.

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1936 births 2017 deaths Members of the Urban Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong Civic Association politicians District councillors of Kowloon City District Barristers of Hong Kong Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members {{HK-politician-stub