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Leung Chai-yan on Cable TV for the second time. Photo: SCMP

CY Leung's daughter says she was banned from lavish parties when she was young

Leung Chai-yan says her parents were strict because they didn't want her to become spoiled

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying's notorious daughter Chai-yan says she was barred from attending her friends' luxurious parties when she was young, as her father feared she would become "too materialistic".

Instead, the future chief executive would take her to the Tin Shui Wai underprivileged neighbourhood early in the morning, so she could better understand the tough lives of elderly people, the 23-year-old law student said in the second episode of her pre-recorded, seven-part interview with Cable TV's entertainment news programme, .

"He wants me to understand more about the society and not just stay in this tiny bubble," she said.

Chai-yan, who attended the primary branch of St Paul's Co-educational College, one of the city's most prestigious schools, said her classmates used to organise birthday parties at the Jockey Club's ballroom.

"I was not allowed to go, let alone to organise my own," she said. Her father thought it was unhealthy for parents to throw flamboyant parties for their children, who had yet to earn their own money, she added.

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Leung said their refusal saddened her, and she had secretly attended some of the parties.

"I was not angry at my dad though, as I understand his intention," she said, adding her father never celebrated his own birthday.

When asked if her father's role as chief executive had changed her life drastically, Leung said the only difference for her was "moving from The Peak to Government House", which she said was like a museum. "I'm very honoured to live here," she said.

Leung said she would not label herself as "the chief executive's daughter", though. "I am still Leung Chai-yan. There is no change in my identity card … I am still a Chinese," she said.

Leung, who once openly criticised her mother, said she understood that her parents loved their children. "They are strict [and] conservative in the way of expression," she said. "But that doesn't mean that they do not love their kids."

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: CY's daughter 'banned from lavish parties'
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