Johannes M  M CHAN was born and educated in Hong Kong and England.  He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1985, was a Senior Lecturer in 1991, an Associate Professor in 1996, Professor in 1998, and Head of Department of Law from 1 July 1999 - 30 June 2002.  He specialized in human rights, constitutional and administrative law, and has taught human rights courses in both the undergraduate (LLB) and the Master (LLM) programmes.  Being also a practising barrister, he practises exclusively in the areas of public law and human rights, and has appeared as counsel in many leading Bill of Rights cases.  Internationally, he has worked on specific issues with a number of non-governmental organisations (such as Amnesty International, Lawyers Committee, the International Committee of Red Cross, Art 19).  He has also appeared in official international fora and acted as a trial observer in the Asian region.  He has published widely in both local and international journals.  His books include: Hong Kong 's Constitutional Debate: Conflict over Interpretation (with Fu Hualing and Y Ghai, 2000), General Principles of Hong Kong Law (with Albert Chen & Others, 1999), Media Law and Practices (with Kenneth Leung, 1995), The Hong Kong Bill of Rights: Two Years Before 1997 (with George Edwards, 1995),  The Hong Kong Bills of Rights: A Comparative Approach (Yash Ghai, 1993), Public Law and Human Rights: A Hong Kong Sourcebook (with Andrew Byrnes, 1993), Human Rights in Hong Kong (1990).  He is also one of the founding editors of Hong Kong Public Law Reports and remains as the editor since 1991, and has served on many government/public and professional bodies, including the Bar Council, the Consumer Council, the Broadcasting Authority, the Administrative Appeals Board, the Municipal Services Appeals Board, Council of the Hong Kong Red Cross, and the Central Policy Unit (Governor's Think Tank).  In 1995, he was elected as one of the Ten Young Outstanding Persons in Hong Kong.  In 1999, he received the Human Rights Press Award.