Chan Siu Fan was born in Minbei Fujian in 1964, and moved to Hong Kong in the late 1970s. After graduating from secondary school, he started working first at a toy factory and later as a worker packaging food. In 1991, he began to learn bamboo scaffolding and became a master himself after a year. He founded his own company called Chan's Scaffolding Works in 1996. By taking government's projects in scaffolding work for schools, he has built up a wide network of business connections which is essential to his career. At the moment, Chan's Scaffolding Works continues to work on government's projects and other private projects for maintenance works as well as subcontracting projects.