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Asian icon Jackie Chan breezes into Philippines
Aug 4, 2006, 8:08 GMT
Manila - Asian film icon Jackie Chan visited the Philippines on Friday for a few hours to promote a coffee shop he plans to open in Manila.
Chan landed at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport in a chartered private jet, airport authorities said.
The martial arts star came from Hong Kong, which was being battered by typhoon Pripiroon. The same typhoon pummelled the Philippines earlier in the week, killing eight people.
'I had a very tedious flight, I risked my life,' he told reporters. 'I love the Philippines. Long live the Philippines.'
Chan was in Manila to drum up investors' interest for the Jackie Chan's Java Coffee, his new coffee shop chain.
He was scheduled to return to Hong Kong later in the day.
© 2006 dpa - Deutsche Presse-AgenturCOMMENT
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