Flamboyant
father who hangs out with young girlfriends can’t cope with his daughter’s
marital status. The
Hong Kong businessman has offered a $65 million “marriage bounty” to any man
who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter, a report said Wednesday.
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 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.
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.
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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