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A Hong Kong tycoon may double a "marriage bounty" to find a male suitor for his gay daughter, to $130 million, despite his initial offer attracting 20,000 candidates, a report said.

Two years ago, wealthy property developer Cecil Chao made global headlines by offering a reward of HK$500 million ($65 million) to any man who could persuade his daughter, Gigi, to marry.

He is now considering increasing his offer, a report in a Malaysian financial publication said.

The 77-year-old tycoon "hinted this figure could be doubled if someone could capture her heart," The Edge said.

"I don't want to interfere with my daughter's private life. I only hope for her to have a good marriage and children as well as inherit my business," Chao said.

But this fresh attempt at a financial sweetener for any man who can win Gigi's heart has left her upset and her female partner of nine years Sean Eav "distraught", the South China Morning Post said.

"I don't think my dad's offering of any amount of money can attract a man I would find attractive," the 33-year-old told the Hong Kong newspaper. "I would be happy to befriend any man willing to donate huge amounts of money to my charity Faith in Love, provided they don't mind that I already have a wife.

"Third and lastly, thank you Daddy, I love you too," she said.

Gigi is reported to have married Eav in a ceremony in France in 2017, but same-sex marriages are not recognized in Hong Kong.

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