The daughter of the tycoon who on Tuesday
offered HK$500 million (US$64 million) to any man who would marry her found the
proposal "quite entertaining," she told CNN.
Gigi
Chao said her father, property developer Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, "loves her
very much" and was aware of the cash offer before it was first reported
Tuesday by local Hong Kong media.
The
tycoon's offer came after Chinese media reports last week that she married
another woman, her long-time companion Sean Eav, in a civil ceremony in Paris
last week. Asked by CNN to confirm her civil union, Chao said she was "not
in a position to verify that."
Her
father, however, was unequivocal, telling CNN "reports of Gigi being
married is not true, it's a rumor." However, he did confirm that he is
offering the multi-million dollar bounty for a future son-in-law: Any
nationality or wealth of the suitor is fine, the only requirement is that the
man "loves my daughter, and she loves him."
Asked
if she would consider her father's offer, Chao said, "we will see."
The
76-year-old tycoon himself has never married, and has long earned a reputation
on the pages of local newspapers and magazines in the arms of beautiful women,
having once bragged of having had 10,000 girlfriends, the South China Morning
Post reported.
Gigi
Chao is an executive director of Cheuk Nang Holdings, a luxury property
development company run by her father.
By Vivian Kam and Kevin Voigt,
CNN September 27, 2012
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