ALMOST seven months after resigning from the Regent International Hotels, Mr Robert Burns has set up office at Alexandra House in Central.
Mr Burns founded the Regent in 1970 and built it into a company renowned for its luxury hotels.
''I am currently involved in investing in equities in companies invested for me by analysts here,'' he said, declining to elaborate.
However, he was keen to speak on a project he had kept close to his heart for many years.
''I hope to develop a fund to send Asians to study anything they want in America,'' Mr Burns said, adding that he would fund the project.
Asked why he wanted to develop such a fund, he said: ''Because I came to Asia, and thanks to a lot of great Asian people, I prospered.
''A good friend of mine, Sir S.K. Tang, said to me years ago: 'You made your money in Asia and you must leave your money in Asia. You prospered in Asia; then you should help other Asians to prosper', and I believe in that.'' Home, he said, was Hongkong, and he gave up his American citizenship some time ago.