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Contest opens for ideas to turn Bruce Lee's home into star draw

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If you have an idea of how Bruce Lee's former home in Kowloon Tong should look, there is now a rapt audience that wants to hear all about it.

An international competition seeking ideas to restore the star's former home kicked off yesterday on the 36th anniversary of his untimely death - even if the funding and schedule for such works have yet to be finalised.

The 'Ideas Competition for Bruce Lee's Residence' is open to local and overseas contestants.

The competition - organised by the institutes of architects, planners and surveyors - began accepting entries yesterday. There are two categories, one for professionals such as architects and interior designers, and one for the public.

Yu Panglin, who owns the property at 41 Cumberland Road, hoped the development would commemorate the late star and draw visitors from around the world.

'It has to include a museum, a library, a martial arts corner and a cinema,' said Mr Yu, who agreed to donate the HK$100 million two-storey mansion after a public outcry pleading for the preservation of the place last year. The actor spent his last years there before his death on July 20, 1973, at the age of 32.

Vivienne is a journalist and critic specialising in the arts, culture and cultural affairs. She was named one of the world’s best young journalists and critics while representing Hong Kong at the 2004 inaugural Berlinale Talent Press at the Berlin International Film Festival, and in 2015 was awarded the IJP Fellowship for mid-career journalism training and conducting research on cultural policy. Vivienne was a staff reporter with the South China Morning Post for 15 years, and remains a contributor after founding her own non-profit educational initiative, the Cultural Journalism Campus. Follow her on Twitter @VivienneChow and read her blog, Culture Shock, at www.viviennechow.com
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