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H.K. tycoon offers fortune to marry off gay daughter

26/09/2012
AFP News agency
Agence France-Presse

A Hong Kong tycoon has offered a $65 million "marriage bounty" to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter, a report said Wednesday

Cecil Chao announced the financial reward of HK$500 million after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, the South China Morning Post reported.

"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted," 76-year-old Chao was quoted as saying.

Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added.

He also rejected "false reports" that Gigi, 33, had married abroad, saying she was still single.

Chao, who owns publicly-listed property developer Cheuk Nang, could not be reached for comment.

Same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong, a socially conservative Chinese city where homosexuality was decriminalised in 1991

Chao is well known in Hong Kong's social circles and regularly appears at public events with his latest young girlfriend.

He reportedly once claimed to have had intimate relations with 10,000 women. 

(Source: Bangkok Post, Asia, H.K. tycoon offers fortune to marry off gay daughter, 26/09/2012, AFP News agency, Agence France-Presse, link) 

 
Fatherly Love Vocabulary

fatherly love - the love that a father has towards his children (See Wikipedia)

lesbian - when a woman loves another woman (See Wikipedia)
win the heart of his lesbian daughter

marry off - when parents find the right man (or here any man) to marry their daughter
marriage proposal - when a man asks a woman to marry them (See Wikipedia)

The Princess who never smiled - a similar fairytale with "a princess who never smiled or laughed. Her father promised that whoever made her smile could marry her, and many tried, but none succeeded" (See Wikipedia)

devoted - loyal ซื่อสัตย์, จงรักภักดี, ทุ่มเทให้กับ
daughter devoted to her parents

single - not married โสด
she was still single

intimate - a close relationship such as boyfriend and girlfriend (often involving sex)
intimate relations

homosexual - men having romantic love relationships with other men (women with other women) 
homosexuality - the condition of being a homosexual (See Wikipedia)

curing homsexuality - the old-fashioned idea that homosexuality is a mental disease that needs to be cured (not natural and acceptable) (See Wikipedia)

partner - someone such as husband or wife that you live with and have love relationship with
same-sex partner  

married her same-sex partner of seven years in France

same-sex marriage - when a man marries a man or a woman marries a woman
same-sex marriages recognised - same-sex marriages accepted by society and legal
same-sex marriages not recognised - same-sex marriages not accepted by society and not legal

tycoon - a very rich person; a person who has succeeded in business or industry and has become very rich and powerful นักธุรกิจที่ร่ำรวยและมีอิทธิพลมาก
fortune - a lot of money (enough money to make a person rich)

10,000 is the number of women this Chinese tycoon father has loved before.

playboy (lifestyle) - a man who has love relationships with many women, also called a "casanova" or "Don Juan" (See Wikipedia)

H.K. tycoon offers fortune to marry off gay daughter

bounty - a reward for finding something
offer a marriage bounty - reward for finding someone to marry his daughter

A Hong Kong tycoon has offered a $65 million "marriage bounty" to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter, a report said Wednesday

reward - something given in exchange for good behaviour or good work, etc รางวัล
the financial reward of HK$500 million

generous - gives more than is expected or more than others give

Cecil Chao announced the financial reward of HK$500 million after his daughter, Gigi, married her same-sex partner of seven years in France earlier this year, the South China Morning Post reported. "I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind hearted," 76-year-old Chao was quoted as saying.

talents - being skilled at doing things (example: musical and singing talents)
looks - being beautiful (women) or handsome (men), looking good

volunteer - someone who is not paid for the work that they do อาสาสมัคร
does volunteer work

false - not true
false reports - when people say something that is not true

reject - not accept
rejected false - reports not accept and believe what people say 

abroad - in another country; in a foreign country
married abroad

publicly-listed property developer Cheuk Nang

comment - to express an opinion แสดงความคิดเห็น หมายเหตุ
could not be reached for comment

Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he added. He also rejected "false reports" that Gigi, 33, had married abroad, saying she was still single. Chao, who owns publicly-listed property developer Cheuk Nang, could not be reached for comment.

conservative - cautious, doesn't want to experiment, not willing to try new ideas
socially conservative
Hong Kong, a socially conservative Chinese city

crime (noun)
criminal (noun) - a person who breaks the law; carries out a crime
criminal (adjective)
criminalise - make some activity into a crime
decriminalised - make some activity not a crime 

homosexuality was decriminalised in 1991

social circles - groups of friends; people who go to the same parties together (socialize together)
well known in social circles

claimed - people say it is true (but have not proven)
claimed to have had intimate relations with 10,000 women

reportedly - people say it is true; there are reports that it is true
reportedly once claimed to have had intimate relations with 10,000 women

Same-sex marriages are not recognised in Hong Kong, a socially conservative Chinese city where homosexuality was decriminalised in 1991. Chao is well known in Hong Kong's social circles and regularly appears at public events with his latest young girlfriend. He reportedly once claimed to have had intimate relations with 10,000 women. 

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