Monthly Archives: June 2009

Nina Wang: Will’s signature was forged

In the Hongkong Standard: The signature on a will which leaves a multibillion-dollar fortune to fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen is a forgery, the Court of First Instance heard. Robert Radley – a handwriting expert for the Chinachem Charitable … Continue reading

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Nina Wang consulted other masters

In the Hongkong Standard: Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum paid fung shui master Liu Jiantong HK$328 million for rituals aimed at prolonging her life in wake of the tycoon being diagnosed with cancer, Wang’s secretary said. This was on top of … Continue reading

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High noon at tourney

It was a very tense national closed chess championship. THE air-conditioning was turned up full blast but neither the players nor the spectators noticed. Instead, everyone was feeling warm under the collar. Reason? For the first time in the 36-year … Continue reading

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Acting like a thief

In the Hongkong Standard: The late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum would leap out of her grave and slap fung shui master Tony Chan Chung-chuen across the face if she knew what he was doing, her brother said outside the … Continue reading

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Blood thicker than water

In the Hongkong Standard newspaper: Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun- chuen appeared happy just one day after the death of his alleged lover, the late billionaire Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, Wang’s younger sister Molly Gong Zhongxin told the Court … Continue reading

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Nina Wang: Probate hearing

Three reports from the Hongkong Standard newspaper: First report: Nina Wang believed in only two kinds of love – one life, one love and unconditional love – her younger sister told the Court of First Instance yesterday. Molly Gong Zhongxin … Continue reading

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US unemployment fuelling recovery

A Reuters report from Washington today suggested that the strongest sign as appeared to show that the recession in the United States is diminishing. According to the report, even as the unemployment rate there had hit its highest level in … Continue reading

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It’s all about chess for Korchnoi

Never a world chess champion, Viktor Korchnoi nevertheless lives for the game. AMONG all the chess professionals, there is only one I know of who can truly claim that chess is his life. He’s not even a world chess champion. … Continue reading

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Nina Wang: Consulted accused till the end

In the Hongkong Standard newspaper: The late Chinachem Group tycoon Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum was consulting Tony Chan Chun-chuen on fung shui matters even when it became apparent that she would lose her fight with cancer. Kung Yan-sum told a … Continue reading

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Nina Wang: witness accused of lying

In the Hongkong Standard newspaper: The lawyer for fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen accused a witness – a solicitor – of lying yesterday when he testified he only knew of the existence of an uncontested 2002 will after billionaire … Continue reading

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