Kelly Chen weds long-time love in lavish ceremony worthy of a Canto-pop dream

Canto-pop star Kelly Chen Wai-lam tied the knot yesterday with her long-time boyfriend, businessman Alex Lau Kin-ho, at an extravagant multimillion-dollar wedding yesterday at the InterContinental hotel.

The singer-actress and her entourage, including manager Claudie Chung Chun and 10 bridesmaids, arrived at the Tsim Sha Tsui hotel in Salisbury Road at about 1pm, where more than 200 members of the local and overseas media, a number of die-hard fans and hotel guests waited.

At about 3.30pm, the groom and bride, wearing 10-carat diamond earrings and a six-carat wedding ring given by Mr Lau, 35, posed at the ballroom staircase for a press photo call.

Chen, 36, was wearing an elegant wedding dress worth hundreds of thousands of dollars designed by long-time friend and award-winning art director Yee Chung-man. The off-white dress had a 10-metre train decorated with the auspicious number of 999 flowers. It was matched by a 15-metre veil.

Hotel guests Elaine Lovit, 60, and her husband Louis, 70, from Los Angeles, waited for the star's appearance after learning of the wedding from hotel security staff. Mrs Lovit said Chen looked very beautiful, and that she would look up her music.

Chen also prepared a red gown for the banquet and another wedding dress by Karl Lagerfeld.