Hong Kong pop diva Karen Mok picks up HK$85 million luxury flat in Mid-Levels
According to the Land Registry, a 2,153 sq ft three-bedroom flat at Dynasty Court on Old Peak Road was sold for HK$84.5 million and handed over on June 12 to buyer Morris Karen Joy.
Dynasty Court is a luxury housing estate completed in 1991 by
Sun Hung Kai Properties . It comprises five blocks, with 409 residential units.
Mok, 55, has released 18 studio albums and starred in more than 40 films. She was the
first Hong Kong singer to win the Chinese music industry's prestigious Golden Melody Award three times and became the first-ever female solo artist to perform a concert at
Beijing's National Stadium , known as the Bird's Nest.
Her Mid-Levels transaction reflects how wealthy investors have been
snapping up luxury homes in Hong Kong on the cheap , as the prices of these exclusive abodes have plunged by as much as 45 per cent from their peak amid high interest rates.
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