Chinese star Jet Li 'takes Singapore citizenship'Chinese action star Jet Li has taken up Singapore citizenship and bought a property in the city state worth nearly 20 million Singapore dollars (14 million US), according to a report. The Business Times did not say when the Beijing-born star took up his new nationality or bought the upmarket up·mar·ket adj. Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker. property. It did not give its source. Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (Abbreviation: ICA; Chinese: 移民与关卡局, Malay; Penguasa Imigresen dan Pintu Masuk) is a department under the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore. (ICA Ica (ē`kä), city (1993 pop. 108,724), capital of Ica dept., SW Peru, on the Pan-American Highway. It is a commercial center for the cotton, wool, and wine produced in the region. There are several summer resorts nearby. ) would not confirm the newspaper report when contacted by AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. for reasons of confidentiality. A Beijing-based staff member at Li's One Foundation contacted by AFP declined comment. Li is the latest Chinese star to have taken up Singapore citizenship, following in the footsteps of leading actress Gong Li, who shot to fame with her roles in "Farewell My Concubine CONCUBINE. A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife, without being married. " and later "Memoirs of a Geisha." Gong Li, who is not related to Jet Li, became a Singapore citizen last year. 
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