Chim was a legislative councillor from 1991 until he was jailed for
conspiring to forge documents in 1998, whereupon he was impeached and disqualified as a legislator by Legco. He was released from prison in 1999. In 2004, he was re-elected unopposed as legislative councillor for the financial services constituency. In 2008 he was again elected. In 2005, he was an unsuccessful candidate in the
Hong Kong Chief Executive election, receiving only 21
nominations from the
Election Committee, less than the minimum requirement of 100. As a result,
Donald Tsang was declared the uncontested winner. == Career ==