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Mr. Chan studied under the tutelage of the world-renowned flutist Robert Aitken and received his music education from Queen's University and the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Since returning to Hong Kong in 1991, Mr. Chan has been in great demand as a flute teacher and as director for a number of flute choirs and ensembles. In 2000, Mr. Chan established the first flute choir in Hong Kong. Moreover, Mr. Chan further established the Hong Kong Flute Centre in 2003 and subsequently the Hong Kong Flute Centre Flute Orchestra for broader promotion and further advancement of the arts of the flute.

In 2003, Mr. Chan became the first flutist in Hong Kong to introduce the contra-bass flute and subcontra-bass flutes. Moreover, Mr. Chan founded the first Hong Kong Summer Flute Camp in the summer of 2006 in which he collaborated with the world-renowned flute pedagogue Professor Mary Karen Clardy from the University of North Texas for a week of intensive flute training programs. Mr. Chan has been recently appointed by the National Flute Association of the United States as its representative for Asian regions. From 1998 to 2000 Mr. Chan was the Secretary of the Hong Kong Arts Administrators' Association.

As Director for Asian Region of the University of British Colombia (UBC) Summer Music English Institute, Mr. Chan has led over 400 students from both Hong Kong and Canada to UBC in Vancouver each summer, providing them with quality education in both Music and English at a world-class university environment.