chan was born in 1952 in hong kong. he was active in hong kong between 1975 and 1978. he was studying at the grantham college of education, specializing in fine arts and received a teacher education certificate in 1975. he has also started his first exhibition namely "hong kong diploma of fine arts exhibition" at hong kong city hall. in 1977, he studied at hong kong baptist university — "the ministry of education diploma" which focuses on landscape painting. chan advanced his studies in the department of fine arts in chinese university of hong kong—specialized in the diploma of "modern ink" in 1978. meanwhile, he held a modern ink painting exhibition association at hong kong city hall.