Hong Kong - Hong Kong tycoon Richard Li is planning to settle his girlfriend Isabella Leong and their newborn son Ethan in Singapore, according to newspaper Apple Daily.

Last week, he said mother and child, born in April, would temporarily live in North America to avoid media scrutiny.

On Sunday, he reportedly flew from Hong Kong to San Francisco to see them.

Without naming sources, Apple yesterday said Li thinks Singapore is more convenient than the US for him to visit Leong and Ethan, or even for the whole family to eventually live in.

Hong Kong is out as it is crawling with paparazzi.

Under his plan, Leong, an actress, will be a full-time mother in Singapore as he wants the best care for their son in his first 10 years of life.

Li is chairman of Singapore-listed Pacific Century Regional Developments, whose main businesses include insurance, hotel and property investment and development.

He would not be the first East Asian celebrity to eye Singapore as a home.

Actor Jet Li moved his two daughters and wife to Singapore in 2007 for his children's education and actress Gong Li became a citizen last year.