Excerpt..Island Stage Magazine interview with Patrick Howell pg.60,61 ...It makes sense that Chang, seeing through the intense propaganda that permanently surrounded The Gong, would recognise the integrity of the good that he was trying to do for his people. He could probably also see the financial and philanthropic benefits to be gained from helping Howell to establish Pinnacle. But when the situation started getting out of hand, with the entry of some new key power players, Chang would have known it was time to extricate himself from the situation, in order to maintain his family’s good name and reputation. ...If there was any clause referring to Pinnacle in Chang’s will, it is our considered view that it would be most likely to have recorded the transaction between Chang and Howell and formally transferred the title to Howell upon Chang’s death. Or if, as the authorities repeatedly state, Chang was the rightful owner of Pinnacle, with no liability to Leonard Howell, then Pinnacle would have been one of his most valuable assets and, in light of what we know about the type of man that he was, he would have bequeathed it in one of three ways: firstly it would have gone to his family, as with the rest of his estate (although if he saw disreputable or menacing behaviour going on in respect of Pinnacle, he would not want his children involved); secondly he would bequeath it to another Chinese man, perhaps a business associate in return for an outstanding favour between the two men; or finally, if he was feeling in deeply philanthropic mood, he would have left it to the Chinese Association of which he was president, in order to benefit his own community.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:02:10 +0000
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