Tanya Chan

Tanya Chan
陳淑莊
Member of Legislative Council
In office
1 October 2016 – 30 September 2020
Preceded byKenneth Chan
ConstituencyHong Kong Island
In office
17 May 2010 – 30 September 2012
Preceded byHerself
Succeeded byKenneth Chan
ConstituencyHong Kong Island
In office
1 October 2008 – 28 January 2010
Preceded byMartin Lee
Succeeded byHerself
ConstituencyHong Kong Island
Personal details
Born (1971-09-14) 14 September 1971 (age 53)
Hong Kong
NationalityChinese
Political partyCivic Party
Residence(s)Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Alma materSacred Heart Canossian College
University of Hong Kong (LLB, PCLL)
OccupationBarrister
Signature
Websitehttp://www.tanyachan.hk
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳淑莊
Simplified Chinese陈淑庄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Shūzhuāng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàhn Suhk jōng
JyutpingCan4 Suk6zong1

Tanya Chan (Chinese: 陳淑莊; born 14 September 1971) is a Hong Kong politician who served as a Legislative Councillor representing Hong Kong Island from 2008 to 2012, and again from 2016 to 2020. She is a founding member of the Civic Party. Chan is sometimes known as the "Zhou Xun of the Civic Party".[1] On 29 September 2020, Chan announced that she would quit politics.[2]

  1. ^ "Tanya Chan of the Civic Party", Next Magazine, 18 January 2007
  2. ^ [1] The Standard, 30 September 2020