Bruce Lee gallery to be set up in Hong Kong
Hong Kong on Wednesday said it would build a gallery in honour of Bruce Lee, the Chinese-American legend who helped make martial arts mainstream with kung fu classics like “Fists of Fury,” according to AFP.
The only memorial to the actor and director in his home town — he was born in San Francisco but spent most of his youth in Hong Kong — has been a statue on the Avenue of Stars in the Tsim Sha Tsui shopping district.
Fans were disappointed in June when the government said a plan to build a Bruce Lee museum in his old house was cancelled after negotiations with the property’s current owner broke down.
Long after Lee’s death, his old home was turned into a hotel that was rented for as little as US$25 an hour, usually to amorous couples.
Lee — credited with catapulting the martial arts film genre into the mainstream with films including posthumously released “Enter the Dragon” — died in Hong Kong after a severe reaction to medication.