What does Hong Kong's obsession with ‘Mr and Mrs Ho' say about society?
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The couple first garnered media attention last year during a whirlwind romance that saw the 77-year-old Mr Ho tie the knot with the 44-year-old Mrs Ho within a month of meeting each other.
Their television appearances and lavish displays of affection put them on the radar of both residents and government officials, whose eyebrows were raised over their eligibility for public housing.
Most recently, their relationship took a darker turn when police arrested the couple over a domestic violence dispute that resulted in knife injuries to the back of Mrs Ho's head. Mr Ho was bitten on a finger.
Polytechnic University's Daniel Shek Tan-Lei said stories related to the couple, one of whom was a younger divorcee from mainland China, connected with residents and made them want to chime in with their opinions.
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'The case is an age-gap romance with an older husband and a younger wife, which has its attraction to the public who are eager to gossip,' the chair professor of applied social sciences said.
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