Chan Ying-lun

陳英麟Member of the Legislative CouncilIn office
27 September 1983 – 25 August 1988Appointed bySir Edward Youde
Sir David WilsonIn office
12 October 1988 – 22 August 1991Preceded byDesmond Lee Yu-taiSucceeded byMartin Lee
Man Sai-cheongConstituencyEast Island Personal detailsBorn (1950-10-06) 6 October 1950 (age 73)
Hong KongPolitical partyProgressive Hong Kong Society (1980s)
Democratic Foundation (1990s)SpouseTan Yang-cherChildren1Alma materCognito College
University of Hong Kong (BSocSc)OccupationCorporate Affairs Manager

Chan Ying-lun
Traditional Chinese	陳英麟
Simplified Chinese	陈英麟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Yīnglín Yue: Cantonese Jyutping can4 jing1 leon4

Chan Ying-lun, OBE, JP (Chinese: 陳英麟, born 6 October 1950) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong and Eastern District Board.

He was brought up in the Shau Kei Wan squatters area and graduated from Cognito College and University of Hong Kong. He worked as the corporate affairs manager of the San Miguel Brewery Ltd.^[1]

He was first elected as the Eastern District Board member in 1982 and reelected in 1985 and 1988, for Shau Kei Wan. He was appointed as the Legislative Council in 1983. In 1988 election, he defeated the incumbent Desmond Lee Yu-tai from the East Island electoral college constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Wan Chai District Board by the margin of one vote.^[2] When the direct election was introduced in 1991, he lost his seat to the pro-democracy activists Martin Lee and Man Sai-cheong of the United Democrats of Hong Kong.

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