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Philip Chan Man Ping (born 1964) is a Singaporean businessman.
Chan was born in 1964 to a Teochew family in Hong Kong and was the fifth son.
First working as a dispatch boy in small company, where Chan learned English, he was soon promoted to be a deputy in the company's sales department. With investment from a former client, he began his own business with his two brothers and took charge of sales and shipping in Vietnam, Hong Kong and China. [1]
Chan is the managing director at Wen Way Investments and Mutual Benefits Realty and also serves as the chief executive of C&H Properties. [2] He was also the founder of China Link Education Consultancy. [2]
Chan was a patron of the Kampong Chai Chee Citizens’ Consultative Committee and the Bukit Timah Community Club management committee. [2] He stepped down from his appointments after being designated as a "politically significant person" by the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs.
In 1990, Chan came to Singapore and became a naturalised citizen in 1993. [3]
On 2 February 2024, the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs has designated Chan as a "politically significant person" under the country's Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021, due to his perceived vulnerability to external influence from foreign actors. [4] [5] [6] The first invokion of the law, observers noted how the Singapore government was prepared to tackle against Chinese influence in the country. [7]
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