A man who claims to be a member of the Dubai royal family of the UAE earlier, he said earlier to set up a family office in Hong Kong and was met by the Hong Kong Chief Executive Li Jiachao. However, recently, he was discovered by Hong Kong media that he was a Dubai singer who had a large number of Philippine fans.After the news came out, it triggered a heated discussion in Hong Kong society and suspected that the SAR government, which suspected recently to actively expand the family's business market, was deceived.
A diplomat who was unwilling to disclose the name of the UAE consulate in Hong Kong said in an interview with Lianhe Zaobao that he had received many princes in Hong Kong, and these princes were very low -key.He believes that the man is just a distant relative of the Dubai royal family, and may not have a lot of funds to invest in Hong Kong.
This storm originated from the man who claims to be from Dubai's ruling family, SHEIKH ALI Rashed Ali Saeed Al Maktoum, and has begun to appear in Hong Kong in recent months.In addition to being interviewed by foreign media, threatening to spend 500 million US dollars (S $ 676 million) to invest in a family office in Hong Kong for investment, on March 27, he was invited to attend the "Yuxiangjiang" Summit Forum that the Hong Kong Government attaches great importance to the lecture on March 27.Guest.During the period, he was appointed as an honorary professor appointed by the Hong Kong Hang Seng University, and was personally met by the Chief Executive Li Jiachao.In the official press release, the Hong Kong Government said that Prince Ali was a member of the Rule of Rule of Dubai.
That night, Ali, who was called "Prince of Dubai" by Hong Kong media, invited the media first to attend the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong family office on the 28th, but after a few hours, he suddenly returned to Dubai on the grounds of urgent matter to return to Dubai as a reason to return to Dubai as a reason to return to Dubai.Announced the delayed ceremony.After Ali, he issued a statement repeatedly through the public relations, saying that the prince needs to return to China to deal with an emergency.Will visit Hong Kong again.
But comprehensive Hong Kong South China Morning Post and "Hong Kong 01" recently reported that according to face recognition website technology comparison, the "Prince of Dubai" is 28 years old, called Alira, once a Philippine debutist.access.In an interview, he said that his parents were pure Dubai people and had no Philippine descent. Because they liked the kindness and enthusiasm of the Philippines, they sang Philippine songs.
After the incident was exposed, the relevant person began to cut with Ali.Shen Yunlong, the founding chairman of the "Hong Kong Middle East Economic and Trade Association", who was accused of arranging Ali to invest in Hong Kong, issued a statement recently that he emphasized that he did not know Ali in Dubai and did not invite the other party to visit Hong Kong.
Shen Yunlong further pointed out on Wednesday (April 3) that he had seen his passport with his own passports and wrote the chief and "HH" (that is, His Royal Highness), and the letter paper was also printed with the national emblem.He criticized the outside world's "fake prince", "Is it so ugly and cheated in Hong Kong? Regardless of whether he had any money, if he had no money to invest in Hong Kong, he was ashamed of his family, not the government as shame, not the government.Billions of dollars "
It is reported that Ali was a debut singer. Shen Yunlong confirmed the news and said that the other party had a good song."He sings very well, not only understands the Philippines, but also jasmine can also sing. Very professional, it is a male tweeter, the whole song sings fake sounds."
The Consulate General of the UAE in Hong Kong replied to the South China Morning Post inquiries, and also confirmed that Prince Ali "from the ruling family" can be used by "SHEIKH". It also means that most chiefs have their own private offices.
According to the Nanhua Morning Post, the reporter of the newspaper went to the office on March 28 and found the portrait of Prince Ali on the office; but "Hong Kong 01" was filmed on Wednesday and found that the portrait had been replaced.The reporter asked the office staff, but the staff did not respond to why he replaced the portrait of the prince for less than a week.
The Hong Kong Economic Daily quoted people in senior business circles on Wednesday that old friends who have been doing business in the Middle East for more than 40 years have pointed out that in the Middle East, the number of princes is very large.The prince did not see the classics before, and almost no one knew in the political and business district familiar with Dubai.In addition, opening a family office is not an ordinary investment. Everyone will find their most trustworthy people to sit in person and find someone who has just met to take charge. It can be said to be extremely rare.
The Hong Kong Government has actively expanded the family's office business market in recent years. So far, 100 family offices have stated that they are interested in developing or expanding their business in Hong Kong.The official goal is to attract more than 200 family offices to Hong Kong by 2025.