Michael Kwan

Michael Kwan
Michael Kwan
Chinese name 關正傑 (Traditional)
Chinese name 关正杰 (Simplified)
Pinyin guan1 zheng4 jie2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping gwaan1 zeng3 git6 (Cantonese)
Ancestry Nanhai, Guangdong
Origin Hong Kong
Born 27 March 1949 (1949-03-27) (age 62)
Hong Kong [1]
Occupation Architect, Developer and Singer
Genre(s) Hong Kong English pop, Cantopop
Instrument(s) Singing, guitar, piano
Label(s) Philips
Years active 1968 - 1988 [2]
Associated acts The Swinging Minstrels
Spouse(s) Margaret Kwan [3]

Michael Kwan Ching-kit is a Hong Kong based Cantopop singer previously with the Philips label (the brand Polygram was not adopted until later in Hong Kong), and later with EMI. His back catalogue (1986–1988) continues to be published by Universal Music Group. He now works as an architect.[4]

Biography

Kwan was born in 1949 in Hong Kong, he attended St. Paul's Co-educational College and graduated in 1969. He was admitted into the University of Hong Kong in the same year and later graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Architecture. Kwan practiced architecture full time after graduation and founded his practice in 1983.

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