Chan Ying-lun, (, born 6 October 1950) is a former member of the

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and Eastern District Board. He was brought up in the

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squatters area and graduated from Cognito College and

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. He worked as the corporate affairs manager of the San Miguel Brewery Ltd. He was first elected as the Eastern District Board member in

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and reelected in 1985 and 1988, for

. He was appointed as the Legislative Council in 1983. In 1988 election, he defeated the incumbent Desmond Lee Yu-tai from the East Island

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constituency consisting of members of the Eastern and Wan Chai District Board by the margin of one vote. When the direct election was introduced in 1991, he lost his seat to the

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activists

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and

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of the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Ying-lun 1950 births Living people District councillors of Eastern District Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Progressive Hong Kong Society politicians Hong Kong Democratic Foundation politicians HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 HK LegCo Members 1988–1991 San Miguel Corporation people