Thomas Chan
{{Short description|Taiwanese lawyer}}
{{for|the Hong Kong entrepreneur|Thomas Chan Tin Chi}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Thomas Shun-Kuei Chan
| native_name = {{no bold|詹順貴}}
| image = Zhan Shun-gui by VOA 20140204.jpg
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| order1 =
| office1 = Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection Administration of the Republic of China
| minister1 = Lee Ying-yuan
| term_start1 = 20 May 2016
| term_end1 = 8 October 2018
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|01|03|df=yes}}
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| nationality = Republic of China
| party = Green Party Taiwan
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| education = National Taiwan University (LLB)
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Thomas Shun-Kuei Chan ({{zh|t=詹順貴|p=Zhān Shùnguì|poj=Chiam Sūn-kùi}}; born 3 January 1964) is a Taiwanese lawyer. He was deputy minister of the Environmental Protection Administration between 20 May 2016 and 8 October 2018.
Education
Chan obtained his bachelor's degree in law from National Taiwan University in 1985.{{cite web|url=http://web.epa.gov.tw/en/epashow.aspx?busin=18166&path=18166&guid=30576294-48ed-42bf-b95f-adcca08ee91d&lang=en-us|title=Deputy Minister Thomas Shun-Kuei CHAN|date=20 May 2016|website=Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)|accessdate=9 November 2016}} He then worked as an environmental lawyer.{{cite news|last1=Lin|first1=Chia-nan|title=EPA official storms out of public meet|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/06/07/2003672067|accessdate=7 June 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=7 June 2017}}
Taitung Miramar Resort case
Thomas Chan is known for his volunteer (pro bono) work on the build–operate–transfer (BOT) Taitung Miramar Resort case.
[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/print/2012/11/09/2003547264 Taipei Times, 2012, Lawyers call for support for judiciary] On 23 December 2008, in conjunction with community plaintiffs (including indigenous land rights activist, Lin Shu-ling) and Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Chan challenged the validity of an environmental impact assessment (EIA) retrospectively conducted by the Taitung County Government in relation to the Taitung Miramar Resort.[http://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/breakingnews/1143176/print Taipei Times, Miramar Resort EIA to be revoked, court rules, 2014] This case would ultimately lead to Supreme Court rulings barring Miramar from opening.[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2016/04/02/2003642979 Taipei Times, Miramar Resort: tourism gone wrong, 2016] Chan has called for the resort to be demolished. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/04/30/2003358848 Taipei Times, Miramar broke law with Taitung project: advocates, 2007]
Political career
Chan was a member of Environmental Impact Assessment Review Committee of the EPA in 2005–2007, member of National Planning Commission and member of Regional Planning Committee of the Ministry of the Interior in 2007-2011 and 2009-2011 respectively, member of Trust Law Amendment Study Sub-committee of the Ministry of Justice in 2010-2016 and member of Legal Affairs Committee of the Council of Indigenous Peoples in 2011–2016. Chan assumed office as deputy minister of the Environmental Protection Administration in May 2016. He tendered his resignation for the first time soon after Lin Chuan left the premiership in September 2017.{{cite news |last1=Lin |first1=Chia-nan |title=EPA deputy quits, cites Lai pressure |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2018/10/09/2003702006 |accessdate=9 October 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 October 2018}} A year later, Chan notified the Executive Yuan that he intended to resign.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Hsin-yu |last2=Hsu |first2=Elizabeth |title=Deputy environmental protection minister announces resignation |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201810080013.aspx |accessdate=8 October 2018 |agency=Central News Agency |date=8 October 2018}} His second resignation was not accepted until October 2018, when Chan posted about it on social media.{{cite news |last1=Ku |first1=Chuan |last2=Hsu |first2=Elizabeth |title=Resignation of environmental official approved after online appeal |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aipl/201810080024.aspx |accessdate=8 October 2018 |agency=Central News Agency |date=8 October 2018}}
References
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3. Lin, Chia-nan.
"INTERVIEW: EPA’s Chan addresses wind farms." {http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/08/07/2003676080}
External links
- {{facebook|thomas0126}}
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Category:National Taiwan University alumni
Category:20th-century Taiwanese lawyers