Famous marital arts actor Jackie Chan owns several properties in Singapore including an apartment (believed to be in the Claymore area near Orchard Road) which he stays in while in town.
He has close ties to Singapore and plans to donate several antique houses to a local university when it is set up in a few years.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
American investor Jim Rogers
Iconic billionaire investor Jim Rogers who founded the Quantum Fund with George Soros lives in Singapore with his second wife Page Parker and 2 young daughters.
So convinced is he about China's rise that he had a native Mandarin (Chinese) speaking minder for his daughters while they were living in New York, US. He wanted to move to China but found that the pollution there was usually quite unhealthy.
He is planning to enrol his daughters into Nanyang Girls School where although the language of instuction is English, there is a strong Mandarin usage by the students. To obtain priority in admissions, just like many Singapore parents, he is volunteering at the school by giving talks on investment. Maybe he will talk on how to bring down the ringgit.
Rogers is, according to recent reports, only renting accomodation at the moment. He is not buying any Singapore residence as he thinks that prices here are at the moment too high.
So convinced is he about China's rise that he had a native Mandarin (Chinese) speaking minder for his daughters while they were living in New York, US. He wanted to move to China but found that the pollution there was usually quite unhealthy.
He is planning to enrol his daughters into Nanyang Girls School where although the language of instuction is English, there is a strong Mandarin usage by the students. To obtain priority in admissions, just like many Singapore parents, he is volunteering at the school by giving talks on investment. Maybe he will talk on how to bring down the ringgit.
Rogers is, according to recent reports, only renting accomodation at the moment. He is not buying any Singapore residence as he thinks that prices here are at the moment too high.
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