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| 'Pardon me, dear, have we been introduced?' |
| 2002-06-20 |
| Taiwanese construction worker Hsu Tse-han, 32, found out after marrying a Filipina that she was not the woman a matchmaking agency had arranged for him to marry. Worse, his wife is now pregnant but cannot leave for Taiwan to be with him. Her visa application was rejected after Mr Hsu reported that he had married a woman with a different name. The Taiwanese man was to wed Ms Mary Canque but his matchmaking agency set him up with another lady, Ms Jenny Danouze, when he visited the Philippines in March to meet his bride for the first time. Days later, the couple got married in a group ceremony arranged by the agency. The Chinese-language United Daily News quoted Mr Hsu as saying that he did not speak English and, in his eagerness to get married, he did not check his bride's name. When he returned to Taiwan alone to register the marriage and get his wife's visa, he filed the paperwork for the woman he was supposed to have met, Ms Canque. They checked into the HoneyMoon Hotel as Mr and Mrs John Smith, so he didn't even notice then. Apparently Jenny filled his bill, since there's a little Hsu on the way. Wonder if she speaks Chinese? They seem to have found some way to communicate... But wait! What happened to Mary? She didn't run off with that guy, Stan, did she? I mean, she's way too good for the likes of him... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |