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Cecil Chao

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.

Born

27 Sep 1936

Industry

Business

Job Title

Businessman

Pushed out of the closet: how a HK$1 billion manhunt turned Gigi Chao into an LGBTQ activist

How a HK$1 billion manhunt led Gigi Chao to a role as LGBTQ activist

22 Jun 2024 - 11:01AM

Hong Kong housing

Cecil Chao: Hong Kong government needs land for affordable homes

18 Mar 2018 - 11:11PM

Cecil Chao paves way for Gigi to take over Cheuk Nang despite lesbian wedding row

6 Aug 2014 - 8:35AMvideocam

Celebrity children

My daughter's lesbian partner is not welcome in this family, says Gigi Chao's father as he withdraws 'dowry' offer

31 Jan 2014 - 4:46PM

Property tycoon Cecil Chao is retracting his offer to marry off his lesbian daughter Photo: CNN

Gigi Chao issues open letter to father Cecil Chao to accept partner Sean Eav

29 Jan 2014 - 4:29AM

Dear Daddy, you must accept I’m a lesbian: Gigi Chao pens plea in open letter to tycoon father

Hong Kong socialite Gigi Chao was reluctantly thrown into the spotlight when her tycoon father Cecil Chao Sze-tsung declared his refusal to accept she was a lesbian by issuing a HK$500 million ‘dowry’ to a man that could marry her. Now she has written a poignant open letter to him after he doubled his offer last week.

29 Jan 2014 - 9:48AMvideocam

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Money still can't buy my love, says Gigi Chao after tycoon father doubles 'dowry' to HK$1b

27 Jan 2014 - 10:38PMvideocam

Gigi Chao (Left) and her father Cecil Chao Sze-tsung attend 2013 Hong Kong Professional Elite Ladies Selection in Causeway Bay in August 2013. Photo: SCMP

Two Danish comics to write Sacha Baron Cohen's film of Gigi Chao's story

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 wed his lesbian daughter, Gigi.

26 Oct 2016 - 2:38PM

Gigi Chao, partner and dad attend Dirty Dancing show … separately

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.

21 Apr 2013 - 8:00AM

Wealth Blog | Gigi Chao - reluctant celebrity

11 Jul 2013 - 4:07PMvideocam

Gigi Chao (left) and Sean Eav at Hong Kong Cancer Fund party. Photo: Lam King Yin

Wealth Blog | Cecil Chao’s 15 minutes of fame continues with Gigi pledge renewal

31 Jan 2013 - 10:49AM

Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, chairman of developer Cheuk Nang Holdings and father of Gigi Chao, poses for a photo at his home at Pok Fu Lam on October 16, 2012. Photo: SCMP

Film about 'dowry' must make me look good, says Cecil Chao

17 Oct 2012 - 11:51AM

Big-spending Cecil Chao's billions do not interfere with his happiness

17 Oct 2012 - 3:14AM

Cecil Chao hopes for 'natural cure' for gay daughter Gigi

15 Oct 2012 - 4:04PM

Daughter Gigi Chao

Who said it?

31 Aug 2018 - 3:42PM

Imran Khan

'I'm not forcing Gigi,' stunned Cecil Chao says of marriage bounty

7 Oct 2012 - 2:54PM

Cecil Chao lesbian marriage 'reward' offer to be Sacha Baron Cohen movie

6 Oct 2012 - 3:12AM

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Star of 'The Dictator' signs deal to make film based on Gigi Chao

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.

5 Oct 2012 - 2:20PM

English actor and producer Sasha Baron Cohen is tipped to play Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao, in his new movie 'The Lesbian'. Photos: SCMP, EPA

Opinion | Cecil Chao isn't the only HK parent trying to dictate marriage terms

3 Oct 2012 - 1:49AM

Catholic Church

What's being said on facebook.com/southchinamorningpost, October 3, 2012

31 Aug 2018 - 3:42PM

Lamma ferry crash

Public Eye | Many questions surround shocking marine tragedy

5 Oct 2012 - 7:27AM

Sea Smooth, a ship belongs to Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry, docks at Yung Shue Wan Ferry Pier after it collided with a ferry of HK Electric at the water off Lamma Island. Photo: May Tse

Gay rights activists decry Cecil Chao's husband bounty for lesbian daughter

30 Sep 2012 - 3:40AM

Gigi Chao, daughter of Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, speaks next to a family photo of herself, her father (centre) and brother Howard. Photo: Reuters

Gigi Chao asks public to stop bothering her in Facebook plea

30 Sep 2012 - 4:07AM

Gigi Chao tells daddy to retract offer of HK$500m to any man who will marry her

29 Sep 2012 - 5:59PM

'Applications' coming in thick and fast for tycoon's daughter

28 Sep 2012 - 4:26PM

Gigi Chao: manhunt

Property heir Gigi Chao has laugh over father's bounty on her heart

27 Sep 2012 - 8:55AM

Gigi Chao says her father is in denial. Photo: SCMP

Cecil Chao: The odd tale of the playboy and his lesbian daughter

26 Sep 2012 - 1:20PM

Tycoon's helicopter irks nearby resident

6 Aug 2007 - 12:00AM

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