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Subscribe to RSSHong Kong property and shipping magnate Cecil Chao Sze-tsung announced he would offer HK$500 million (about $65 million) to the man who can woo and marry his 33-year-old daughter, Gigi Chao, the South China Morning Post reported.
"It is an inducement to attract someone who has the talent but not the capital to start his own business," Chao told the BBC.
"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted," he added. "Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work."
According to the Post report, the announcement came just one week after Chao's daughter revealed she had married her female partner of seven years, Sean Eav, in France earlier this year.
The tycoon, 76, told the Post the reports of his daughter being married were "false." According to the article, same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Hong Kong, although civil unions are performed in France.
Chao, whom the Post describes as "Hong Kong's pre-eminent playboy tycoon," told the BBC that Gigi Chao was single and needed a "good husband." Chao has never married himself, and he once claimed to have slept with 10,000 women, the South China Morning Post reported.
According to the BBC, Chao said he wouldn't force Gigi to marry a man against her will.
Gigi Chao runs Haut Monde Talent, a modeling and public relations company. She is the first of three children that Chao had with different women, according to the Global Post.
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Shameless publicity stunt.
This revives the old reply, "It's complicated."
Seriously, it's sad that with all of this woman's assets, she is not able to live the life that she chooses. When is this idiotic bias against gays going to end?
Looks like I am heading for Hong Kong!
Chaz Bono, where are you when we need you?
Sigh...IF you think Chaz Bono is the only lesbian, please google famous lesbians (they represent normal folk as well)...they are beautiful and feminine....nothing like Chaz Bono at all....even the non-famous ones are hot....lesbians are a very diverse group...butch, femme, in-between...you name it...STOP the stereotype...you just sound ignorant.
i will change my name to Clit Nibbler
Tu Kan Chu while the rich husby watches......yeah, baby!
I'd marry her for her but certainly not if it was against her will. People should always be free to choose for themselves. Afterall, if they live their lives allowing anyone or everyone else to make decitions for them, can they ever say with any amount of honesty that they ever truly lived? The prospect of being able to start a business in Hong Kong, while immensely attractive, is simply icing on the cake.
What's the catch??? :-)
I like fried lice... :-)
Dear Sir, I am a little older than your daughter, GiGi... With time comes clarity. I would appreciate a chance to meet her. My experience gives me an edge she may not have ever been exposed to.. I truly believe she will change her ways IF she meets a TRUE, capable man... that he can guide her into "Love" that last longer than a lifetime.. I am sure you understand.. Thank you for your time! Please tell Gi "hello" for me... Thanks again, Robert
I love women too, don't I qualify??? She just better toss them strap ons in the furnace...
Sign me up. I'm a carpet munching fool and part Lebanese to boot, and besides, I'd marry her for a mere 55 million.
Shun her.
It sounds to me like he just wants to see some grandchildren before he dies and wants to make sure he can leave everything to his favorite daughter.
I'd say, "Just ask Gigi to find someone who she cares enough about to have a child with." I'd also say he's probably worried that she's not planning to have children.
Hell For $65 million I’ll marry either or both dogs in his
arms
tengo que ahora pedir el divorcio , Chinita aqui vengo !!!
I had two girlfriends with rich dads, it aint that easy. First you have to prove you can run a company, then she suggests you buy a BMW, you know,...for safety. Then you have to support her and buy her everything. These families aren't going to let a retard run thier business. They're are always stipulations.
The second one was going to give me a drug store in Panama, but her heart wasn't there for me.
In this story, you're competing with a person already in love with someone else, the father picking you as the heir.
Definitely need a picture of the daughter here. It might be funny!
Where can I apply?
I would love a chance at this. With or without the money. Although I wont say no to the cash either. lol
For $65 million, I'll marry him and his daughter.
I think I need to see just a few more photos. The girl in
the photo is his wife and his daughter probably looks like Obama
Maybe if she met Long Duck Dong... It could pull her back from the dark side:)
Stand aside you fools. I will marry her for half price!
I do not even want the money. She is gorgeous! Where do I sign up for a date/interview?!?
Ill marry her, then we can have and open marriage,she can have all the girlfriends she wants.
As long as you realize she would not want you in the picture at all....men have to realize that gay women do not want you in ANY way sexually...we love you, but just do not want to BE with you....just sayin'....I have had my fair share of straights thinking I am missing out....I know EXACTLY what I am missing....and I am NOT missing one thing....I am very aware.