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Chan Kai-kit

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Chan Kai-kit
陳ちん繼つぎ杰
Member of Legislative Assembly of Macau
In office
1996 – 19 December 1999
Succeeded byIong Weng-ian
Personal details
Born
Chio Ho-cheong

(1950-03-23) 23 March 1950 (age 74)
Thailand
NationalityPortugal[1]
Political partyMacau Economy and People's Livelihood Promotion Association

Tommy Chan Kai-kit (born 23 March 1950), born Chio Ho-cheong,[2] is a Macanese businessman who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Macau and of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Following the revelation that Chan was the mastermind behind the fraud case of Guangnan Holding, he was wanted by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). His whereabouts have since remained unknown.[1]

Family

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In 1950, Chan Kai-kit was born in a Chinese family in Thailand,[3] whose roots can trace back to Sanjiang, Hainan.[4] Chan's grandfather left Hainan for Thailand because of poverty, and married a member of a Thai royal family.[who?] Chan, whose father was a tycoon in Thailand,[5] was therefore a descendant of the Thai royal.[4][6]

Two years later, Chan and his family moved to Guangzhou. After graduating from Guangzhou's high school, he studied the Thai language in Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok for two years.[7] He was then awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Louisiana and, in 1995, in Britain.[8]

Business career

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In 1979, Chan started managing his family business, but was forced to give up after relatives' objection.[6] After traveling to Hong Kong in 1982, he set up factories in Zhuhai and Macau to produce plastic gloves amid the spread of AIDS-phobia throughout Europe and America. The venture gave him the first success in business.[5] He went back to Macau in 1985,[2] and founded a dozen more businesses. On 10 June 1992, Chan was awarded the Order of St. George for his contributions to the economic development of Macau and other regions. He became the first Chinese in Macau having a knighthood.[8]

In 1991, Chan met Elsie Chan, who lost the Miss Asia Pageant in 1986. The pair broke up in 1998.[9] During October 1991 and 1993, the two defrauded the Agricultural Bank of China of HK$364 million when purchasing land in Mai Po, Hong Kong.[10][11][12]

Political career

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In December 1993, the United States Congress approved appointing Chan as the first Macanese special adviser. He received the certificate and a flag of the United States in January 1994, which is the only U.S. flag permitted by the Macanese authorities to fly.[6] In August 1994, Chan founded the first province-level townsmen group,[6] the Macau Hoi Nam Association,[8] and was elected the leader.[13] In September 1996, Chan ran for the Legislative Assembly under the party of "Macau Economy and People's Livelihood Promotion Association",[14] and received the highest number of votes amongst all candidates,[15] banishing Fernando Chui, who would become the Chief Executive of Macau, from re-election. While claims of bribery were investigated during the election, there was eventually no conclusion.[16]

In January 1998, Chan was appointed the Macanese deputy to the 9th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),[4] and deputy to the Hainan CPPCC.[17] However, The Wall Street Journal in the United States reported the scandal of Bill Clinton, then President of the United States, of receiving political cash, which involved Chan, who once took a photo with Clinton.[18] Two months later, Chan purchased a Ukrainian aircraft carrier with around 150 million dollars. His plan to transform the carrier into a hotel and casino was rejected by the Macanese Government.[18]

Scandal

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In November 1998, Goldman Sachs discovered accounting improprieties for Guangnan Holding, which in early 1999 declared an inability to pay for the debts accounting 130 million RMB. Following investigations by Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), Chan was accused of conspiracy to defraud Guangnan Holding in 1999 along with others. The last appearance of Chan was on 21 April 1998 attending a Legislative Assembly meeting.[7] On 8 June 1999, Chan was officially wanted by the ICAC.[a][1][19][20] As Chan did not apply to stay in the Legislative Assembly after the Transfer of sovereignty over Macau in 1999, the Preparatory Committee for the Macau Special Administrative Region decided in August 1999 to hold a by-election for the vacancy. Iong Weng-ian was elected by the Selection Committee on 20 September 1999 to succeed Chan.[21][22] The whereabouts of Chan remains unknown today.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ ICAC had requested the Legislative Assembly of Macau to authorize the arrest of Chan by the Macanese police, but was declined citing extraterritorial jurisdiction.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Wanted Person: CHIO Ho-cheong". www.icac.org.hk. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  2. ^ a b "大だい鱷男友とも掠かすめ水すい兩りょう億おく 陳ひね奕詩十じゅう年ねん傳奇でんき" (in Traditional Chinese). 壹いち週刊しゅうかん. 2002-06-20.
  3. ^ "陈继杰" (in Traditional Chinese). 国家こっか数字すうじ文化ぶんか网. Retrieved 2010-08-13.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c "傳でん為ため陳ひね奕詩男おとこ友とも澳門まかお立法りっぽう會議かいぎ員いん 陳ひね繼つぎ杰擁泰たい王族おうぞく血統けっとう" (in Traditional Chinese). 天てん天日てんじつ報ほう. 1999-06-09.
  5. ^ a b "陳ひね繼つぎ杰據說せつ藏ぞう身み北京ぺきん" (in Traditional Chinese). Apple Daily. 1999-06-09.
  6. ^ a b c d 林はやし昶あきら（林はやし富とみ權けん） (1996). 澳門まかお菁英錄ろく（第だい四よん集しゅう） (in Traditional Chinese). Macau: 澳門まかお出版しゅっぱん社しゃ.
  7. ^ a b c "何なん厚あつ鏵拒評ひょう趙ちょう河かわ暢とおる被ひ緝" (in Traditional Chinese). Hong Kong Commercial Daily. 1999-06-09.
  8. ^ a b c "陈继杰" (in Chinese (China)). 文化ぶんか蘇州そしゅう信しん息いき網もう. Retrieved 2010-08-13.[dead link]
  9. ^ "亞あ姐あね識揀 生活せいかつ無む憂ゆう" (in Traditional Chinese). 東方とうほう互動. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  10. ^ "疑うたぐ誇大こだい米まい埔地價か 向こう中農ちゅうのう銀行ぎんこう詐いつわり騙かた 陳ひね奕詩涉わたる食しょく價か三さん億おく案あん開ひらき審しん" (in Traditional Chinese). Apple Daily. 2002-04-24.
  11. ^ "農のう行ぎょう告つげ陳ひね繼つぎ杰兄長ちょう索さく償つぐなえ" (in Traditional Chinese). Wen Wei Po. 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  12. ^ "陈奕诗卷入にゅう诈骗案あん 与あずか前ぜん男おとこ友とも陈继杰等须赔3.5亿余元もと" (in Traditional Chinese). Sina. 2006-06-03. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  13. ^ "魂たましい牵梦绕故乡情" (in Chinese (China)). Guangming Daily. Archived from the original on 2005-02-18. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  14. ^ "參さん見み" (in Traditional Chinese). Macao Daily. 1996-09-07.
  15. ^ "參さん見み" (in Traditional Chinese). Macao Daily. 1996-09-23.
  16. ^ "活躍かつやく澳門まかお商しょう場じょう曾傳賄まかない選せん醜聞しゅうぶん 陳ひね繼つぎ杰購母艦ぼかん欲よく開ひらく酒さけ店てん" (in Traditional Chinese). Singtao Daily. 1999-06-09.
  17. ^ "为澳门顺利り回かい归尽心こころ竭力" (in Chinese (China)). Guangming Daily. 1998-03-09. Archived from the original on 2004-12-13. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  18. ^ a b "陳ひね繼つぎ杰傳奇でんき" (in Traditional Chinese). Apple Daily. 1999-09-10.
  19. ^ "香港ほんこん廉かど署しょ拘かかわ捕ど多た名めい涉わたる嫌いや詐いつわり騙かた陸りく資し高層こうそう人員じんいん" (in Traditional Chinese). Central News Agency. 1999-06-08.
  20. ^ "86年ねん和平わへい小しょう姐あね陳ひね奕詩涉わたる詐いつわり騙かた案あん被ひ捕と" (in Traditional Chinese). 東方とうほう互動. Archived from the original on 2018-07-31. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  21. ^ "男おとこ友とも顯あらわ赫澳門もん商しょう界かい並なみ任にん議員ぎいん 陳ひね繼つぎ杰涉另案潛せん逃" (in Traditional Chinese). Sing Pao. 1999-09-10.
  22. ^ "第だい5/1999號ごう行政ぎょうせい長官ちょうかん公告こうこく《全國ぜんこく人民じんみん代表だいひょう大會たいかい澳門まかお特別とくべつ行政ぎょうせい區く籌備委員いいん會かい關せき於對原ばら澳門まかお最後さいご一いち屆とどけ立法りっぽう會かい由よし選せん舉產生せい的てき議員ぎいん過渡かと為ため澳門まかお特別とくべつ行政ぎょうせい區く第だい一屆立法會議員的資格確認和缺額補充的決定》". 澳門まかお政府せいふ公報こうほう (1). 1999-12-20. Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-12.

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