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Alice Yan

Sabrina Ho Chiu-yeng – daughter of Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho Hung-sun – has revealed she will marry a 21-year-old Harvard student from northeast China.
One of Stanley Ho’s 17 children, the 28-year-old is the billionaire’s eldest daughter with his fourth wife, Angela Leong On-kei.
Sabrina Ho announced her engagement on Instagram on Friday, posting a video of Thomas Xin Qilong proposing to her in September.
Xin was in the headlines in 2016 because he was just the second person from the city of Harbin, in Heilongjiang province, to be admitted to Harvard University.
It is not known where the pair met, or what Xin is studying.

The announcement has created a buzz online, with people searching for information on Xin’s background and many expressing their envy on social media.
Born and raised in Harbin, Xin went to the Harbin No 3 Middle School and was hailed for his achievements by local media when he got a place at the elite university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He was dubbed the “light of Harbin” because he was the province’s only student to get into Harvard that year, according to news site Sohu.com. His parents, both businesspeople, celebrated by throwing him a party.
At the time, Xin told the news website he had read more than 200 books in English over three years of high school after finding the titles online in reading lists for American students.
“The books ranged from history to economics,” Xin told Sohu.com. “Some of them were too technical and I didn’t understand them after the first reading, but I understood them after I read them again.”
Xin said his parents often took him with them travelling, and they had encouraged him to do whatever he was interested in, saying they would always support him.
He is co-captain of the Harvard-Radcliffe Kendo Club and he also plays golf.

His fiancée, Sabrina Ho, is chief executive of Poly Auction Macau and head of her own com­pany, Chiu Yeng Culture, which promotes art and cultural events in the former Portuguese colony. She is also a strategic partner of Unesco, the UN’s heritage body.
On popular social network WeChat, Xin’s story was greeted with admiration and envy.
“I’m also in my early 20s. But while I’m studying hard, hoping to get into graduate school, he’s already at his peak – perhaps this is the reality of life,” one person wrote.
Another said: “I had thought a character like Xin – smart, handsome and marrying a pretty, rich girl – only existed in novels.”


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Sabrina Ho is chief executive of Poly Auction Macau and head of her own com­pany, Chiu Yeng Culture. Photo: Bruce Yan

A video grab from IG shows Thomas Xin propose to Sabrina Ho. Photo: Instagram

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Tourists and local residents walk by the Grand Lisboa Casino entrance on May 9, 2008 in Macau. The Grand Lisboa was built by Macau legendary casino magnate Stanley Ho, who held a four-decade gambling monopoly in Macau until it freed up gaming laws in 2002. Since then Macau has seen giant casinos spring up to take advantage of insatiable Chinese gamblers, and it is now close to overtaking Las Vegas in terms of gaming revenues. AFP PHOTO / VOISHMEL 09MAY08 [09FEBRUARY2014 POST MAGAZINE]

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Engagement announced on social media along with video of Thomas Xin Qilong proposing to Sabrina Ho in September



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Engagement announced on social media along with video of Thomas Xin Qilong proposing to Sabrina Ho in September