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HK star Jordan Chan paid fortune-teller S$170,000 to change his name for good luck

Lydia Koh
By Lydia Koh

Hong Kong — A new trend has emerged with Hong Kong celebrities who are legally changing their names to improve their luck.

One of the latest stars to do so is singer and actor Jordan Chan. According to reports by Hong Kong media, the celebrity had contacted renowned fortune-teller Chan Ngok Fui to help him change his name to improve his luck. Jordan, previously known as Chan Siu Chun, now goes by Chan Tai Chuen.

It was reported that the fortune-teller was paid approximately SGD170,000 for his consultation. Ngok Fui had also previously come up with new names for celebrity couple Tavia Yeung and Him Law after they approached him, reports The Star.

Jordan, 54, opted to do the same for his wife Cherrie Ying, their eldest son Jasper and baby boy who they nicknamed Ho Ho. Ying had her name changed to Chan Din Yim Yee while the new names of their two children have yet to be revealed.

It seems that the name change might have improved Jordan’s luck. Netizens have made the connection between the name change and Jordan’s recent success in the reality show Call Me By Fire, which saw 30 celebrities compete for a spot in a 17-member boy band. Jordan emerged first place.

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Born July 8, 1967 as Chan Siu Chun, Jordan Chan is a Hong Kong actor and singer. Chan is a member of the Huizhou Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Chan got his start by enrolling in the TVB Dancers’ Training Class in 1985. Soon after graduation, he joined a few of the studio’s troupes that would accompany popular singers during their live performances. He worked with artists such as Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, and Anita Mui before being invited by a producer to make a record of his own.

In 1994, he made his film debut with Twenty Something. Chan has since received several Hong Kong Film Award nominations: two for his role in He’s a Woman, She’s a Man (1994), and one each for Heaven Can’t Wait (1995) and Big Bullet (1996). In 1996’s Young and Dangerous, Chan established himself as a mainstay of the triad genre. /TISG

 

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