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- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 2:32am
Cecil Chao
Born in 1936, Cecil Chao Sze-tsung is a Hong Kong based real estate tycoon and chairman of HK-listed developer Cheuk Nang Holdings. Known for his flamboyant playboy lifestyle, Chao raised eyebrows the world over in September 2012 when he announced a HK$ 500 million bounty to look for a man who could win the heart of his daughter Gigi Chao, who is believed to be lesbian and have married her partner in a civil union overseas.
Comedians Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam are reported to have signed up for the Hollywood film loosely inspired by Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao Sze-tsung's HK$500 million bounty to woo and ...
Gigi Chao and her father may have different opinions about how she lives her life, but that did not deter them from enjoying a night at the theatre under the same roof last night.
Wealthy people are definitely different. Not content with having her father publicly “out” her and drag her through the world’s press by offering a HK$500 million bounty for a husband to make her...
I don’t suppose any Hong Kong person seriously thought Cecil Chao, wealthy playboy of the parish and brother of shipping tycoon George, would ever become an international media star. But as Andy...
Property tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung said he would be happy to help Hollywood filmmakers create a comedy based on his HK$500 million marriage bounty offer for his daughter Gigi, but on the...
Opinion
Unexpected fame from his efforts to find a male suitor for his daughter, who has married her lesbian partner, has not changed the lifestyle of billionaire playboy Cecil Chao Sze-tsung.
Billionaire playboy Cecil Chao, who offered nearly HK$500 million to any man who could turn his lesbian daughter Gigi straight, has now said he hopes that the "change" will occur naturally.
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Real estate tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung says he was stunned by the global reaction to his offer to pay a HK$500 million marriage bounty to the man who could win his daughter's heart.
Hong Kong playboy tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung's offer of HK$500 million to the man who succeeds in marrying his lesbian daughter Gigi Chao is heading for the big screen.
Sacha Baron Cohen has signed a deal with Paramount Pictures to bring the Gigi Chao story to the big screen, in a comedy film tentatively titled The Lesbian.
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