5月26日下午1时左右，澳门"赌王"、港澳企业家何鸿燊在香港逝世，享年98岁，他女儿何超琼当日下午晚些时候与家人一起在香港养和医院向媒体宣布了这一消息。

Macao's casino patriarch Stanley Ho Hung-sun died at around 1 pm on Tuesday in Hong Kong at the age of 98, his daughter, Pansy Ho Chiu-king, told the media alongside family members at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital later in the afternoon.

Born in Hong Kong in November 1921, the Hong Kong-Macao entrepreneur served as a member of the Standing Committee of the ninth to 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Pansy Ho said her father had been highly respected for his contributions to society.

His daughter recalled that Stanley Ho had attached great importance to family education and reminded his children that "everything from society shall be spent for society".

She said he "cherished the people of Hong Kong".

Pansy Ho also said her father would always stay in the heart of the family while they would go all-out to continue his legacy, fulfilling the family's social responsibilities.