KUALA LUMPUR: Singaporean-born Hong Kong actor Hugo Ng has made a fortune from well-planned investments throughout his career.
In fact, the 61-year-old television star's low-profile but lucrative property purchases in the last three decades have earned him the title of "Hong Kong entertainment's invisible property king".
Singaporean entertainment portal 8 Days reported yesterday that Ng, best known for starring with Alex Man and Francis Ng in the TVB television series The Price Of Growing Up, has HK$500mil (RM267 million) worth of property in Hong Kong, China and Singapore.
According to Hong Kong news reports, Ng gives his earnings to his wife, former Hong Kong actress Lily Chung to invest, and all of their properties are registered under her name.
Ng has heaped praise on Chung, describing her as a shrewd investor who in recent years cashed out millions of from five of their property investments in the region.
"I have always loved acquiring houses in different areas. If the time and price are right, I buy them, but for bigger purchases, I see what Lily thinks first. She's much more business-savvy than me," said Ng.
Ng added that his most recent purchase was a house in Sengkang, Singapore, and he and Chung planned to move there soon.
The couple have a 24-year-old son Justin who is currently studying in London, the United Kingdom.
Ng began his acting career in Singapore in the early 1980s before migrating to Hong Kong to further his acting career in 1987.