After giving birth to Richard Li’s son, Ethan, last year, Isabella Leong Lok Chi had a pair of boy twins in June 2010 again. Recent rumors claim that Isabella may marry Richard in August. Dispelling these rumors, Isabella’s representative said, “Isabella is still Ms. Leong. Although not married into the Li family, Isabella is living very happily.”
Hong Kong women have envied the modern Cinderella stories of twenty-seven-year-old, Cathy Tsui Chi Kei, and twenty-two-year-old, Isabella Leong. After Cathy married billionaire heir, Martin Lee, she gave birth to two daughters. In the pursuit of delivering a male heir to the Lee family’s fortune, perhaps Cathy will need to continue to be a baby-making machine. In contrast, despite giving birth to three sons, Isabella still remains unmarried.
Isabella is currently resting in San Francisco , USA after giving birth to twin boys last month. According to tabloid reports, Richard’s father, Li Ka Shing, was extremely grateful towards Isabella for delivering three male heirs and approved of the marriage between Richard and Isabella. Another tabloid report claimed that Mr. Li wanted to fly to San Francisco to visit the twin boys, but had to reschedule due to his work load.
In response to recent marriage rumors, Isabella’s representative said, “Isabella Leong is grateful towards the public’s concern. She will not respond to personal matters.” (Is Ms. Isabella currently married to Richard Li?) “No, she is still Ms. Leong.”
According to Isabella’s friends, she does not have any plans to return to Hong Kong yet. An inside source said, “There are no plans for marriage yet. Isabella is not concerned about a marriage certificate. As long as two people are happy together, that is fine. Since giving birth to three sons, everyone within the Li family are very happy.”
“Over the last three years, many producers wanted to cast Isabella in their films. Since she is busy taking care of her three sons, she will not consider making a comeback to the entertainment industry.”
Source: Tom.com
Jayne: Isabella’s place within the Li family is permanent, whether she marries Richard Li or not. Li Ka Shing undoubtedly is pleased with the three male heirs, but perhaps does not find her to be appropriate marriage material.
Cathy Tsui was with child when she married Martin Lee. If Richard and Isabella had plans to get married, they would have done so much earlier, while she was pregnant with the first son, Ethan. The ultrasound results of the second pregnancy would have showed that she was carrying two boys, so the Li family knew they would soon have three boys. There was more than enough time to plan a wedding, yet they have not done so.
Tags: Isabella Leong Lok Chi, Richard Li
There are no plans for marriage yet. Isabella is not concerned about a marriage certificate. As long as two people are happy together, that is fine. Since giving birth to three sons, everyone within the Li family are very happy.”
I disagree. Even if you don’t care about it, do it for your kids. I still think a marriage certificate will make the family more secure. At least, you are acknowledged and your status is official and your kids will have legally married parents.
“There are no plans for marriage yet. Isabella is not concerned about a marriage certificate.”
This is PR answer. No woman would settle for no marriage certificate unless her aim is just money and she is a gold digger and even a gold digger knows a marriage certificate and children are sure ways to fortune. So he won’t make an honest woman out of her, legitimise his children with her and now she has to stay quiet and we are given crap for answers.
How happy can you be when this billionaire is so close and yet so far?
Why does a grandpa who is ‘extremely grateful’ towards Isabella for delivering three male heirs not want to make grandsons (i.e. heirs) legitimate?
Wao.. they must be in a rush or something. 3 boys in 2 years?
Hey, why would she need to be back in entertainment industry? keep getting pregnant pls.That’s her job now.
nevertheless, she is gorgeous!
I can’t believe she is saying that marriage is not important. I wonder if she is in it for just the money?? Even if she didn’t care for her own status, what about her 3 sons?? I think it is so selfish of her to be thinking that way. I wonder if she ever thinks about others thinking of her sons as illegitimate if she never officially marries Richard?? I personally believe that if you really love and want to be with someone then you would marry them. Otherwise, you can just leave them just like that if you are not legally married.
HeTieShou,
The power is not in her hand. What do you expect her to say? Can she say “I really wanted to marry Ethan, but he doesn’t want to marry me/his father disallow it” to the public?
The power now is in the Li family’s hand. It would do her no good displease the Li family by talking badly about the family in anyway. I agree with Funn. It’s a PR answer.
I agree Kidd. Many seems to forget Li Ka Shing is a very rich man. I am just surprised his son listens to him so much so my guess is Richard Li himself may be the problem.
OR they’re planning a wedding under the radar. I think this will be it. If not look at the implication. She is a kept woman and he may marry someone someday. Ridiculous.
Sorry, made a mistake in the name. Mix up the son’s name with the father’s name.
It should be “I really wanted to marry Richard, but he doesn’t want to marry me” .
Oh yea, sorry forgot about the Li family and how rich they are. I guess money does give you a lot of power…. They can be secretly married or are planning a secretive wedding, who really knows? Celebrities are known to lie a lot to the public so we should not be shocked if that is indeed the case….
Of course, MONEY IS POWER. Knowledge can be bought. But Money… give me money. Whoever says he doesn’t need money, then give me!!
For myself, having children without being in a marriage is okay (its quite common now with celebrity couples — angelina jolie/brad pitt), but I believe that only works when the couple mutually respects each other and they see each other as equals. This just doesn’t seem to be the case here — Richard’s family obvious doesn’t see her as a decent girl and by not marrying her, he’s kind of agreeing with his father.
What’s with favoring sons over daughters? A parent should only be concern with his/her child’s well being (physically and emotionally) and happiness. No offense to anyone but this favoritism has to stop. There are people out there who just want a baby but can’t conceive, you should be thankful for being able to have children. Adoption is another great way to become a parent but some countries have strict laws and it’s extremely hard when you’re a non-celebrity. What’s next? Should be “engineer” our children to be “perfect”? Geez, what ever happened to unconditional love?
Trang, in the Li family’s case, perhaps the quest for sons is to protect the billions in family assets. With a daughter, perhaps some of the wealth will “trickle” out to the in-laws. That’s why marrying another rich spouse is so important because you continue to protect and grow the family’s assets. Perhaps that is what Li Ka Shing wants Richard to do.
I think men want boys because overall, men still relate better with males. They also want to be able to play rough, such as sports, go fishing, play robots, etc. with their son and re-live their childhood. Moms can re-live their childhood with their daughters. Maybe not all parents feel this way, but that is how most of my friends personally feel. Like friends, we yearn for our children to share similar characteristics and past-times.
My mom is of the opinion that it’s not Li Ka Shing who disapprove, but, Richard Li himself doesn’t want to marry her.
Why sons? For asians, sons carry the names of the father, even the one to so call carry the what’s that thing called in the funeral of the father. Daughters are married off, sons stay back. Daughters take the name of the husbands, their children takes the name of the husbands, name of a son’s son will remain the same name. And being so darn rich and traditional in thinking, I am not surprised at the quest for sons. Not to say they don’t appreciate daughters.
But Jayne, Sons are usually close to mothers, daughters close to fathers. That I believe is a fact.
Funn, it’s not a fact. I’m not close to my father, and most of my gal pals are closer to their mothers.