Meet the Hong Kong man who spent HK$400,000 to pop the big question, and she said ... ?
A six-figure budget, a dramatic helicopter ride, sky-high action from the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong and a 10-minute window to make the deal of a lifetime: the mission possible of a Hong Kong man spending almost HK$400,000 to propose to his girlfriend
It had all the makings of a Hollywood action thriller: a six-figure budget, a dramatic helicopter ride, sky-high action from the tallest skyscraper in Hong Kong and a 10-minute window to make the deal of a lifetime.
But this mission impossible was no blockbuster movie, but a Hong Kong man spending close to HK$400,000 to propose to his girlfriend.
"I'm so surprised, I didn't expect that it would happen today because before, I always chased him to propose but he just said 'maybe November or December" so this was totally beyond my expectations," a teary Stephanie Cheung, 30, said yesterday, just minutes after saying yes to the big question.
For Victor Tang, 37, it was the perfect end to months of secretly planning the elaborate proposal to Cheung, who also works for Hutchison Global Communications.
First, he went shopping for a 1.5-carat diamond engagement ring that cost more than HK$200,000. Then he booked the couple into a HK$26,000 corner suite at the Ritz-Carlton more than 100 floors up in the ICC in West Kowloon, with sweeping views of Victoria Harbour.
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This was followed by the HK$150,000 helicopter flight, which went past the hotel room at precisely the right time pulling a massive banner - 15 metres tall and 30 metres long, or the size of a basketball court - with the words: "I love you! Stephanie BB, will you marry me?"