Tung Chan

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Tung Chan in 2010.

Tung Chan (born 1952) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian banker, city counselor, columnist, non-profit executive and philanthropist. He was the chief executive of the United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (S.U.C.C.E.S.S.) and served as a Vancouver city councillor from 1990 to 1993. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Biography

Chan was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada in 1974 and eventually settled in Vancouver. In Hong Kong, he worked as a stockbroker and floor trader and his personal assets were wiped out by a stock market crash in 1973. He worked as a waiter at the Terminal City Club in Downtown, Vancouver. He received a B.A. in sociology from the University of British Columbia, and joined TD Bank Financial Group in 1978 and was district VP in all 17 TD Canada Trust branches. [5] He also worked as a bartender, a radio program producer. [6] [7]

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In his spare time, Chan is an avid reader, swimmer, and traveller. Chan holds a General Management Diploma from the Institute of Canadian Bankers. [8] [9] [10]

Boards and Memberships [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ http://chineseinvancouver.blogspot.ca/2006/10/political-background-wont-affect.html
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2012-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ http://www.successbc.ca/eng/images/stories/pdf/NL_Vol22.pdf
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  7. ↑ http://www.bipt.ca/news/successful-vancouver-businessman-keeps-commitment-his-cultural-roots%5B%5D
  8. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  9. ↑ http://www.vancouverfoundationstories.ca/story.php?recordID=201
  10. ↑ https://www.straight.com/article-316996/vancouver/dont-expect-tung-chan-run-mayor-vancouver-npa
  11. ↑ https://vancouversun.com/opinion/community-of-interest/Tung+Chan/1817180/story.html#ixzz2D7luduaf
  12. ↑ http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=53586410&targetid=profile
  13. ↑ http://canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrant-stories/success%E2%80%99s-tung-chan-is-now-an-honorary-naval-captain
  14. ↑ http://blogs.vancouversun.com/author/ctchan/
  15. ↑ http://www.jackgin.com/Tung-Chan
  16. ↑ http://vancouverfoundation.ca/about/leadersandadvisors.htm#htm
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