[3] In 1979, she co-founded The Hour Glass Limited, a luxury watch retailer, with her husband, Henry Tay.
[2] Chan contributed to the 2006 book, Six Billion Minds: Managing Outsourcing in the Global Knowledge Economy.
[10] On 20 June 2019, Chan was declared bankrupt by the Singapore court for owing a moneylender over S$4 million in unpaid debt.
[12] On 15 October 2019, the Singapore High Court rules that Chan's forced sale of $3.85m apartment to be paid to Official Assignee.
[13] Chan is of Hakka Chinese heritage;[14] her father and grandfather were "sinsehs" (practitioners of traditional medicine).