Billy Chan (born December 25, 1960) is a

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specialist and educator who serves as an ambassador for the Global Fair Pay Charter. Chan is also the Director of the Centre for Medical Education in Simulation at the Faculty of Medicine of

Macau University of Science and Technology The Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) is a private university in Taipa, Macau, China. Founded in 2000, the university has been acknowledged by Macau Education and Youth Development Bureau. It offers courses instructed in Eng ...

Early life and education

Billy Chan was born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

on December 25, 1960. His father, Michael Chan, was from

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. Chan completed his education in

and later moved to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

in 1986 to pursue further studies at the

University of Western Australia University of Western Australia (UWA) is a public research university in the Australian state of Western Australia. The university's main campus is in Crawley, Western Australia, Crawley, a suburb in the City of Perth local government area. UW ...

. He was involved in developing medical simulation facilities in cities such as

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, and

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. Chan also received specialized training in disaster management at

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. Chan previously worked in Perth, Australia at the Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre at the University of Western Australia, home to the first multidisciplinary simulation skills centre in the Southern Hemisphere. He was later recruited to establish the Centre for

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in Simulation at the Faculty of Medicine of

and played a role in establishing Macau's first

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in 2019.

Philanthropic work

Chan is the founder and chairman of the Sino-Phil Asia International Peace Awards Foundation, Inc. headquartered in

Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...

. The Foundation's stated mission is "to promote peace through action, enhance the quality of life, and provide an Asian perspective on peace." He serves as Asia-Pacific Ambassador for the Global Fair Pay Charter, an initiative supported by both the

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and

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. According to Chan, the initiative aims to create opportunities for the Global South by promoting fair pay and improving living conditions.

Personal life

He is the Chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Macau; and Senior Advisor (Macau) of the

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Hong Kong Branch. He is also an Executive Councillor of the World Association of Chinese Doctors and Co-Founder of the Sino-Luso International Medical Forum, which promotes healthcare education and skill sharing between Macau and Portuguese-speaking countries. He has trained over 10,000 frontline healthcare providers from Macau and

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. During the

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, Chan participated in efforts to provide personal protective equipment to

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countries and collaborated with medical professionals in Portugal to fight the pandemic.

Awards and honours

* Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Equestrian and Military

Order of Saint Michael of the Wing The Royal Equestrian and Military Order of Saint Michael of the Wing (, ) is a Portuguese Roman Catholic dynastic order that is believed to have been founded in 1147 in the Alcobaça Monastery in Alcobaça, Portugal, by King Afonso I of Portug ...

* Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Rizal *

Freedom of the City of London The Freedom of the City of London started around 1237 as the status of a 'free man' or 'citizen', protected by the charter of the City of London and not under the jurisdiction of a feudal lord. In the Middle Ages, this developed into a freedom or ...

https://www.macaubusiness.com/global-fair-pay-charter-officially-launched-in-london-with-focus-on-tea-workers-rights/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Billy 1960 births Living people 20th-century Macau people University of Western Australia alumni Macau University of Science and Technology Macau emigrants to Australia