Early lifeChan was born on 7 April 1954, in British Honk Kong, as Chan Kong-sang, to Charleand Charlie and Lee Lee Chan, refugees from the Chinesse War. He was nicknamed Pao-pao Chinese: 炮炮 ("Cannonball") because the energetic child was always rolling aβ His parents worked for the French ambassador in Hong Kong, and Chan spent his formative years within the grounds of the consul's residence in the Victoria Peak district.Chan attended the Nah-Hwa Primary School on Honk Kong Island
