FILE PHOTO: A photo of Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho is seen at his funeral reception, in Hong Kong, China July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's highest-profile officials and business people paid their respects on Friday to Macau's gambling king, Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in the former Portuguese colony and became one of Asia's richest men.
Ho, who died at age 98 on May 26, presided over the transformation of once-sleepy Macau into the world's biggest casino centre, outpacing the United States' Las Vegas strip.
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