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Another for the rumour mill:

Singaporean billionaire plans to build Asian art museum in Vancouver

Chuck Chiang
(Vancouver Sun)

Published: April 18, 2017
Updated: April 19, 2017 7:20 PM

One of Southeast Asia’s richest men, and a part-time Vancouver resident, wants to build a “world-class” museum dedicated to Asian and Buddhist art in the city.

Oei Hong Leong, who is ranked by Forbes as the 19th richest man in Singapore with a personal net worth of $1.2 billion, usually keeps a low profile in Vancouver. But he said in a rare interview Wednesday that he wants to go public with the museum proposal because he believes it could be a significant cultural addition to Vancouver and B.C.

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The possibility of an Asian art museum in Vancouver has been discussed by several groups in recent years. In addition to Centre A (the Vancouver International Centre of Contemporary Asian Art), proponents such as West Vancouver philanthropist Robert H.N. Ho and China’s Poly Culture Group have put forward ideas for a museum dedicated to Chinese art.

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Oei’s most notable holding in Vancouver is the Plaza of Nations, which has been owned by his Canadian Metropolitan Properties Corp. since a deal with Concord Pacific (then owned by Hong Kong magnate Li Ka-shing) in 1989. He is currently embroiled in a legal dispute over future development on the site (again with Concord Pacific, whose majority stakeholder is now the Hui family).

http://www.theprovince.com/news/local+ne...ian+museum+vancouver/13311292/story.html