David Chan Yuk-cheung (Chinese: 陳毓祥; 14 October 1950 – 26 September 1996) was born in Chaoyang, Guangdong, China.
After graduation, he worked for the Hong Kong government's radio and TV station RTHK and the Cantonese broadcasting section of the BBC.
[5] In 1995, he ran again in the Legislative Council election and gained 10,514 votes in the Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and Business Services constituency.
Chan Yuk-cheung, along with 5 fellow activists, jumped into the sea and swam to the island wearing life jackets.
His younger son, Brian, is an actor and host on Hong Kong's Now TV and ViuTV (both are owned by PCCW, via its subsidiaries).