For Canadian marketing man Chris Dillon, the long march to becoming a property owner and investor in Hong Kong began 21 years ago when his partner Laurel Dillon said she hankered to leave their chilly home in Calgary and head eastwards in search of the rising sun.
Laurel set off on her voyage shortly after the two first met at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Dillon followed a few months later and the two spent three years in Tokyo before making their way to Hong Kong where he worked with Metro Broadcast Corp and a public relations firm, before setting up his own public relations firm.