DAVID Tong's role in the Tomson Pacific saga is very much a family affair, and the source of what glamour there is to be found in the business.
His wife, Madame Hsu Feng, was a director of all three of the major players in the story: Tomson Pacific, World Trade Centre and Rivera Holdings. In 1988 she bought the Belgian Bank Building in Nathan Road from Rivera.
His sister-in-law, Madame Hsu Jye, also known as Jade Hsu, is M. Hsu Feng's younger sister and played a ''substantial'' and ''pivotal'' role in the companies investigated by Mr Lees. She was a manager of Tomson Pacific, and headed the share settlement and custodian departments at the group.
Her elder sister is better known in the film world than property circles. Her silver screen career started in Taiwan when she was 15 and she starred in Dragon Inn. Fame followed.
Probably her peak contribution to movies was as producer of Farewell To My Concubine, which starred Gong Li.
Her husband has achieved his own success, as the builder of one of Taiwan's biggest construction and development companies, Taiwan Development Corporation.