Kelvin Chan


Dr. Kelvin Chan is a Hong Kong youth entrepreneur. Kelvin is the founder of Korean Corner, a Hong Kong-based importer selling Korean designed/ made products in February 2015.

Early life

Kelvin was born in Hong Kong in 1982.

Tertiary education

After leaving secondary school in 1999, Kelvin has enrolled a higher diploma in computer science and a certificate in business management at The Education University of Hong Kong, and afterwards, The Open University of Hong Kong.
Besides, Kelvin has also completed his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration at University of Greenwich in 2011 and took up a Master's course in Business Administration at Manchester Business School of University of Manchester afterwards to extend his interest in business management.

Career

A conceptual store was firstly opened in Taipei. Followed by Korean Corner flagship showroom in Hong Kong to demonstrate their "powerful" and eco-friendly paper products. In 2 years the company has expanded to Korea, Australia and US. Japan and Singapore offices have been set up in Q3 of 2018, and now planning on the next step in Vietnam, Estonia and Canada.
Kelvin has been interviewed by media on his new business model that he has lots of new ideas and combined with the concepts he learned in school to develop it.

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

On 4 November 2015, Kelvin has drawn up a Memorandum of Understanding with Korean Government as the founder of the only one Hong Kong-based corporate in selling products solely from Korean.

Breaking Guinness World Record – The Largest Cardboard Sculpture

On 4 April 2016, Discovery Park has used a paper maze castle, designed & tailor-made by Kelvin's company Korean Corner in breaking the Guinness World Record of "The Largest Cardboard Sculpture" with the dimension of 10.156 X 10.136 meters. This event has been widely reported by the local media including Apple Daily, SkyPost, Parenting Headline, Education Post HK etc.

TVB J2 – <Sweet Home - The 287th Episode>>

Kelvin was being filmed and interviewed by a local television company TVB for a program called "Own Sweet Home". In the 287th episode, Kelvin introduced to the public about the eco-friendly paper product line. " which is played on the J2 channel. In the 287th episode, Kelvin introduced to the public about the eco-friendly paper product line – "paper world" of his own company Korean Corner.

Concern Group of Hong Kong Entrepreneur Policy

Kelvin was the Chairman of Drafting Committee of "Concern Group of Hong Kong Entrepreneur Policy". This concern group has established in 2015 and it aims to assist youth entrepreneur in starting up their business. A press conference was held in The City University of Hong Kong successfully on 24 January 2016. This press conference was being covered by over 10 media like Yahoo! News, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Hong Kong Economic Times, StartUpBeat, HK01, Sky Post, Sun Daily, Oriental Daily News and FINET.HK