Leong On Kei
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Angela Leong On Kei (born 1961 in Guangzhou
with family roots in Sanshui
, Guangdong
) is a Macau entrepreneur and a member of the Legislative Council of Macau.
She met her husband-to-be, Stanley Ho
, a Macau casino
tycoon famous in the political and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and Macau, 38 years her senior, when she was a dance teacher in 1986. She became his fourth wife and has five children. She is the director of the Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, a casino company owned by her husband, Stanley Ho, since its founding and the managing director since December 2010, and the vice-chairman of the Macau Jockey Club
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Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
with family roots in Sanshui
Sanshui
For the style of Chinese painting, see Shan ShuiSanshui District , formerly Sanshui City, is a district with about 120,000 inhabitants in Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China...
, Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
) is a Macau entrepreneur and a member of the Legislative Council of Macau.
She met her husband-to-be, Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho, GBM, GLM, GBS, GML, OBE , also known as Ho Hung Sun, Stanley Ho Hung Sun, is an entrepreneur in Hong Kong and Macau. Ho is sometimes nicknamed "The King of Gambling", reflecting the government-granted monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for 40 years...
, a Macau casino
Casino
In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...
tycoon famous in the political and entertainment industries in Hong Kong and Macau, 38 years her senior, when she was a dance teacher in 1986. She became his fourth wife and has five children. She is the director of the Sociedade de Jogos de Macau, a casino company owned by her husband, Stanley Ho, since its founding and the managing director since December 2010, and the vice-chairman of the Macau Jockey Club
Macau Jockey Club
The Macau Jockey Club is an organisation providing horse racing and betting entertainment in the former Portuguese colony of Macau, in the People's Republic of China....
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