Frank Chan Fan (; born 4 February 1958) is a

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 ...

engineer and government official. He served as

Secretary for Transport and Housing The Secretary for Transport and Logistics () in Hong Kong is responsible for transport and logistics related issues. The position was created in 2022 to replace the previous position of Secretary for the Transport and Housing. The position of S ...

from 2017 to 2022, also the Chairman of

Hong Kong Housing Authority The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) is the main provider of public housing in Hong Kong. It was established in April 1973 under the Housing Ordinance and is an government agency, agency of the Government of Hong Kong. In the same year, the R ...

, Chairman of Aviation Development & Three-runway System Advisory Committee and Chairman of Hong Kong Logistics Development Council. Before Chan has become a principal official as Secretary for Transport and Housing, he was the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services.

Biography

Chan received his bachelor's degree in engineering from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

, master's degree in medical physics from the

University of Aberdeen The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in List of post-nominal letters (United Kingdom), post-nominals; ) is a public university, public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bis ...

, UK, and master's degree in business management from the University of Hong Kong. He joined the Government as an Assistant Electronics Engineer in August 1982. He was promoted to Chief Electronics Engineer in February 2001 and to Government Electrical and Mechanical Engineer in May 2005. He was appointed Deputy Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in January 2009. He became Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services in 2011. He is the

since 2017. As the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Chan is the Chairman of the

, Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, Hong Kong Logistics Development Council and Aviation Development and Three-runway System Advisory Committee. He is also board member of

MTR Corporation Limited MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong K ...

Airport Authority Hong Kong The Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA or AAHK) is the statutory body of the government of Hong Kong that is responsible for the operations of the Hong Kong International Airport. It is governed by the Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap. 483). His ...

and Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation; as well as member of the Council for Sustainable Development and Economic Development Commission. In 2018, Chan claimed that the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link would be profitable since opening day. In 2021, Chan said that it might take 20 years to substantially reduce the average waiting time of 5.8 years for

public housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

. In May 2023, Chan compared district councillors to foreign domestic workers, saying that district councillors could be fired if they did not obey their employers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Frank 1958 births Living people Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Delegates to the 14th National People's Congress from Hong Kong Government officials of Hong Kong Hong Kong engineers Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong People from Zhanjiang Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star