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Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao reportedly offers any man $65 million to make his lesbian daughter Gigi their wife
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September 26, 2012 4:44PM
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Gigi Chao
Gigi Chao, the lesbian daughter of Hong Kong shipping tycoon Cecil Chao, who has offered $65 million to any suitor who can win her heart and make her his wife. Picture: Facebook Source: Supplied
A HONG Kong shipping tycoon has offered a $65 million "marriage bounty'' to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter, a report said today.
Cecil Chao announced the financial reward of HK$500 million after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, the South China Morning Post reported.
"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted,'' 76-year-old Chao was quoted as stating.
"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.
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Gigi Chao
Hong Kong shipping tycoon Cecil Chao with his daughter, Gigi, who has married her girlfriend in France. Same-sex marriage is not recognised in Hong Kong. Picture: Facebook
He also rejected "false reports'' that Gigi, 33, had married abroad, saying she was still single.
Chao, who owns publicly-listed property developer Cheuk Nang, could not be reached for comment.
Same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong, a socially conservative Chinese city where homosexuality was decriminalised in 1991.
Gigi Chao
Hong Kong shipping tycoon Cecil Chao has reportedly offered $65 million to any man who make his lesbian daughter Gigi his wife. Picture: Facebook
Chao is well known in Hong Kong's social circles and regularly appears at public events with his latest young girlfriend.
He reportedly once claimed to have had intimate relations with 10,000 women.
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