Fung Shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen expressed his willingness to settle his legal battle with the Chinachem Charitable Foundation after a judge yesterday refused to delay the start of the case for another two months.
'[The case] can be settled. I never thought it was impossible to settle it,' Mr Chan, who has claimed to be the lover of the late Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, said outside the High Court in Admiralty. 'Just put away prejudice and personal interests. And I have not set a bottom line for negotiating a settlement.'
He and the foundation both claim to be the sole beneficiary of the late tycoon's estimated HK$100 billion estate in wills dated four years apart.
The fung shui master's comments followed the rejection of the foundation's request for the court battle to be postponed from April 27 to early July to allow more preparation time.
Denis Chang SC, for the foundation, had argued there would be insufficient time for his newly appointed team to take up the case properly.
Mr Chang and barrister Jeremy Chen only stepped into the HK$100 billion probate suit a week ago, after a change of legal team took place following the foundation's claim to have a 'funding issue'.