Xin.sg - Saturday, February 14
International superstar Jackie Chan donated his
antique collection worth about S$100million to Singapore's fourth
university which is estimated to start in 2011.
Chan's property agent in Singapore, Simon Kwan, verified the
news to local press but is unable to certify how much the donations
are worth.
Chan started collecting antique buildings 20 years ago, eight of
them are old houses and old stages of the Ming and Qing dynasties
with at least 200 years of history.
He had actually wanted to donate the structures to the Hong Kong
government but they took too long in replying so Kwan suggested
donating to Singapore instead.
Kwan also specially flew to Hong Kong to understand the
artifacts before suggesting to the Singapore authorities. Chan
finally decided to donate his antique collection to a Singapore new
university which will open in 2011.
According to reports, the new university, which will be located
at Upper Changi near the Singapore Expo, will offer degrees in
Design and Construction, Engineering, Business and Information
Technology course.
