Why can Stanley Ho marry four daughters-in-law?
Due to the particularity of history, modern Hong Kong and Macao were carved up by foreign powers. At that time, although the Qing Dynasty had perished, Hong Kong and Macao, two places occupied by foreign countries, had long been accustomed to the laws of the Qing Dynasty. There were no flexible laws at that time, so they used the Qing Dynasty.
Later, the Republic of China was founded, so it stands to reason that the laws of the Republic of China can be applied in Hong Kong. However, at that time, various warlords in China were fighting and the Japanese invaded China, so they had no time to take care of Hong Kong. Mr. Ho's first two wives were legal because they got married before the abolition of polygamy in Macau in the 1970s.
However, the last two wives really ignored the new regulations. At that time, the situation in Macao was chaotic and there were many problems left over from history. In addition, Stanley Ho, the gambling king, is a successful person with power and status. He got married in disregard of the regulations because of the chaos in Macao at that time.
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1 When Stanley Ho first arrived in Macau in the early 1940s, he met Li Wanhua, a Macau native. Li Wanhua was the first beauty in Macau at that time, and was born in a prominent lawyer family in Macau. The two fell in love, married soon, and the husband and wife loved each other. Li Wanhua and 1 male and 3 female gave birth to Stanley Ho.
2. 1957, Stanley Ho married his second wife, Lan Qiongying. In the following decades, Lan Qiongying has been accompanying the "gambling king" and attending some social and charitable activities. Why did Mr. Lan Qiongying give birth to 1 male and 4 female?
3. 1985, Stanley Ho married his third wife, Chen Wanzhen, bought a mansion for Chen Wanzhen in Hongkong, and publicly accepted her as his third wife. Chen Wanzhen gave birth to 1 boy and 2 girls for Mr. Ho.
4. 1986, Stanley Ho met Liang Anqi, a Guangzhou girl 39 years younger than himself, at a dance. Later, Liang Anqi became Stanley Ho's regular partner, was assigned to any casino as a clerk, and also opened a dance school as a teacher. 1989, Liang Anqi officially became the "fourth wife". Liang Anqi gave birth to three boys and two girls for Mr. Ho.