Enter the Museum: Bruce Lees Home Saved
Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF
Published: January 6, 2009
More than 35 years after the death of the martial-arts legend Bruce Lee, below, fans will once again be able to get their kicks from him following the approval of a plan to turn his Hong Kong home, above, into a tourist attraction, Reuters reported. In July Yu Panglin, a real estate tycoon and philanthropist, reversed his decision to sell Lee’s 5,600-square-foot town house in the Kowloon area of Hong Kong and instead donated it to that region’s government for use as a museum. On Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau said it had agreed to preserve the “original outlook of the building and its features,” according to Reuters. Parts of the home, including Lee’s study and training hall, will be restored; Mr. Yu has said he wants to add a movie theater, a library and a martial-arts center.
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