http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/09/26/hong-kong-billionaire-offers-40-million-marriage-bounty-for-lesbian-daughter/
QuoteHong Kong billionaire offers £40 million marriage bounty for lesbian daughter
by Scott Roberts
26 September 2012, 12:37pm
A businessman from Hong Kong has offered a $65m (£40.2m) dowry to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter.
Cecil Chao announced the financial reward after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, according to the South China Morning Post.
Comments posted on the website of the newspaper were widely hostile to his "marriage bounty".
"How humiliating for this poor girl," wrote one reader. "Mr Chao needs to come out of denial and just be happy that he has such a beautiful daughter who appears to have found happiness with a partner whom she loves.
"Cecil, you sound like you're selling your daughter," commented another.
Same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong, where homosexuality was only decriminalised in 1991.
Mr Chao is well known in Hong Kong's social circles and regularly appears at public events with his latest young girlfriend.
"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted," 76-year-old Mr Chao was quoted as saying.
"Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added.
The Facebook profile of Ms Chao, who is a University of Manchester architecture graduate, reads: "Helicopter Pilot. Social entrepreneur. Creator of expressions in colour and emotion."
It also describes her as an executive director at her father's Hong Kong-based property firm, Cheuk Nang.
According to the Telegraph. Mr Chao's controversial move to recruit a husband for his daughter appeared to contradict a description Ms Chao gave of her father in a 2007 interview.
"My father took a hands-off approach in parenting. I see him as a friend more than a father," she told HK Magazine. "My parents never pressure me with high expectations."
This calls for a sham wedding and a splitting of the money just to keep the guy happy until he finally dies and leaves her a vast inheritance
Quote from: Tyr on September 26, 2012, 07:10:57 AM
This calls for a sham wedding and a splitting of the money just to keep the guy happy until he finally dies and leaves her a vast inheritance
Actually, if I were her and didn't really care about the inheritance, I would marry some gay guy, collected the cash, and donated half of it to GLBT causes.
Quote from: Martinus on September 26, 2012, 07:21:08 AM
Actually, if I were her and didn't really care about the inheritance, I would marry some gay guy, collected the cash, and donated half of it to GLBT causes.
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Quote from: Martinus on September 26, 2012, 07:21:08 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 26, 2012, 07:10:57 AM
This calls for a sham wedding and a splitting of the money just to keep the guy happy until he finally dies and leaves her a vast inheritance
Actually, if I were her and didn't really care about the inheritance, I would marry some gay guy, collected the cash, and donated half of it to GLBT causes.
Though isn't it possible that should could stand to get it all when her old father croaks?
Sadly for this plan, it's the daughter's wife who is the more feminine one. :(
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/9567363/Hong-Kong-billionaire-offers-40-million-marriage-bounty-for-gay-daughter.html
Oh deer. :lol:
Quote"Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added.
Hmm....I do notice he says she has looks, not good ones. Cunning.
Parents' love knows no bounds. :wub:
Quote from: Malthus on September 26, 2012, 08:14:59 AM
Sadly for this plan, it's the daughter's wife who is the more feminine one. :(
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/9567363/Hong-Kong-billionaire-offers-40-million-marriage-bounty-for-gay-daughter.html
Gigi is the tall one on the right; Sean Eav is the one on the left.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on September 26, 2012, 08:36:49 AM
Quote from: Malthus on September 26, 2012, 08:14:59 AM
Sadly for this plan, it's the daughter's wife who is the more feminine one. :(
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/9567363/Hong-Kong-billionaire-offers-40-million-marriage-bounty-for-gay-daughter.html
Gigi is the tall one on the right; Sean Eav is the one on the left.
Damn misleading picture label. :lol:
In that case, the plan's a go. :D
Quote from: Martinus on September 26, 2012, 07:21:08 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 26, 2012, 07:10:57 AM
This calls for a sham wedding and a splitting of the money just to keep the guy happy until he finally dies and leaves her a vast inheritance
Actually, if I were her and didn't really care about the inheritance, I would marry some gay guy, collected the cash, and donated half of it to GLBT causes.
Why? She is going to get the money anyway. No reason to go through the farce of having a beard....or take on a business partner who may or may not be reliable.
Quote from: Valmy on September 26, 2012, 09:10:03 AM
Why? She is going to get the money anyway. No reason to go through the farce of having a beard....or take on a business partner who may or may not be reliable.
The old man has three children if I remember correctly. He is a flamboyant playboy associated with countless models and actresses. Known for making wild claims. I won't put too much faith in the bounty thing.
Quote from: Martinus on September 26, 2012, 07:21:08 AM
Quote from: Tyr on September 26, 2012, 07:10:57 AM
This calls for a sham wedding and a splitting of the money just to keep the guy happy until he finally dies and leaves her a vast inheritance
Actually, if I were her and didn't really care about the inheritance, I would marry some gay guy, collected the cash, and donated half of it to GLBT causes.
You'll never be equal.
Pink news? yeah, I'm not clicking that.
Mono, I suggest you ignore Marty and don't get a divorce.
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Need implants. But overall, not so bad, considering the fortune.
Looks ethnic.
I think she looks pretty good. Some warning signs of droopy tits.
Quote from: viper37 on September 27, 2012, 01:31:40 PM
Need implants. But overall, not so bad, considering the fortune.
I think it is now highly doubtful if her father will leave her the fortune. As I said the old man has other children, and at least one of them is a man.
Just checked: he has 2 sons and a daughter.
Quote from: Monoriu on September 27, 2012, 07:10:03 PM
Quote from: viper37 on September 27, 2012, 01:31:40 PM
Need implants. But overall, not so bad, considering the fortune.
I think it is now highly doubtful if her father will leave her the fortune. As I said the old man has other children, and at least one of them is a man.
What he is not going to divide it amongst his heirs? Does he practice the English tradition of Primogeniture or something?
Quote from: Valmy on September 27, 2012, 07:12:23 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on September 27, 2012, 07:10:03 PM
Quote from: viper37 on September 27, 2012, 01:31:40 PM
Need implants. But overall, not so bad, considering the fortune.
I think it is now highly doubtful if her father will leave her the fortune. As I said the old man has other children, and at least one of them is a man.
What he is not going to divide it amongst his heirs? Does he practice the English tradition of Primogeniture or something?
The Chinese tradition is to divide amongst sons. Daughters get a comfortable monthly/yearly allowance, or mini-trust fund.
Women shouldn't get a share of the fortune. :yes: