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Jackie Chan came into this world in 1954, the son of a poor couple who went to Hong Kong from Shandong, China．When he was born, his parents did not have enough money to pay the hospital．They almost had to ask a doctor to adopt him．But the good omen of his birth－an only child born in the Year of the Horse－was destined to change his fortune．His parents tried very hard to raise money for the hospital bill and took Jackie, their only child, home．They named him Chan Kong-sang, which means born in Hong Kong, to celebrate their safe arrival in Hong Kong．
The family lived in the French Embassy where Jackie's father worked as a cook and his mother a housekeeper．Jackie disliked school and left after finishing Grade One．
When Jackie was seven years old, his father went to Australia and worked as a chief cook in the American Embassy there to earn more money．Jackie's life was destined to change greatly from the moment his father decided that the boy should learn some skills, and sent him to the China Drama Academy．
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