Jackie Chan speaks out about furor over antique buildings

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Jackie Chan speaks out about furor over antique buildings

Jackie Chan speaks out well-nigh the controversy over his decision to donate 4 antique buildings he purchased in Communist china to a Singapore university, and says he "won't practise anything that would beguile his people".

HONG KONG: Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan took to his micro blog on Tuesday, to answer to the recent furor over his conclusion to donate iv of the ten Hui-style buildings he had purchased in Cathay'due south Anhui Province 20 years ago, to the Singapore University of Engineering and Design.

"I never expected the issue of the donation of the houses to get so heated.

"I actually really want to find an opportunity to talk near this matter from the beginning to the end, because it's a very interesting story, and cannot be told in just ii or three lines," said Chan in a micro web log mail.

"Merely in that location are some things that can be said in a concise, direct manner."

"Please don't worry, Jackie Chan won't do anything illegal, and won't do anything that would betray his people."

The 59-year-old action star'southward determination to donate the four buildings has garnered mixed reactions in Red china.

Some accept argued that the antique buildings are historical relics which vest to the state, and are not Chan's to donate.

Others contend that these antiquarian buildings take a higher chance of being preserved overseas, every bit numerous such structures have already been torn down by Chinese developers in recent years to make way for new buildings.

Jackie Chan speaks out about furor over antique buildings

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