Scheme pleases late actor's fans
Bruce Lee's daughter has backed a government proposal to restore her late father's former Kowloon Tong residence and expressed hope about contributing to the project.
Shannon Lee told the South China Morning Post via e-mail that she believed the restoration of the 5,000 sq ft two-storey house at 41 Cumberland Road would be attractive. 'I do think restoring the residence is enough if there is also room on the property for a small eatery and gift shop, which I believe can be done in the current space.'
On Tuesday the property's owner, Yu Panglin, met government officials including Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan. Both sides agreed to preserve the property that was formerly known as Crane's Nest, where the movie and martial-arts legend was living when he died in July 1973.
Mr Yu welcomed the government's support despite its opposition to his original suggestion of increasing the building's floor size to 30,000 sq ft to accommodate a cinema, a library and a martial-arts centre.
In October, Lee returned for the first time in almost 35 years to visit the home where she lived with her late father, her mother Linda Lee Cadwell and her brother Brandon Lee, who was accidentally shot on the set of the movie The Crow in 1993. Shannon Lee was four when her father died.
During her visit she met Mr Yu and also representatives of the Tourism Commission and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.