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Chinese actress Gong Li becomes Singapore citizen

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-11-10 15:48

SINGAPORE - Chinese actress Gong Li has become Singapore's citizen, local daily The Straits Times reported Monday.

Gong Li is seen at the swear-in-ceremony. [sina.com]

The 43-year-old actress got her citizenship certificate at a ceremony held on Saturday along with 149 other new citizens, said the newspaper.

Gong, who was born in China's Liaoning province, had been scheduled to be sworn in as a Singapore citizen in August, but failed to attend the ceremony as she was filming a movie overseas, it added.

She married Singaporean tobacco businessman Ooi Hoe Seong in 1996.