亿万富翁何鸿燊控诉家人采取欺诈方式企图控制其财产一事，引发外界对他的真实意图产生质疑。到底谁才是他的真正代表？他的神智是否清醒？能否就自己的财产分配作出独立决定？

　　由于89岁的何鸿燊自2009年以来一直接受大脑方面外科手术，他名下的财产如何分配，目前仍迷雾重重。何鸿燊拥有澳门博彩控股有限公司（SJM Holdings Ltd）18%的股份。SJM在澳门博彩市场占有30%的份额，每年大概有约300亿美元的进账。

　　赌王财产分配问题再次处以媒体的聚光灯下。上周，何鸿燊在某一媒体的视频采访中表示，关于其财产分配的家庭争论已经停息。然而，就在同一时候，他的授权律师却就其家人提起了诉讼，希望赌场帝国能够重新回到自己怀抱。更令人关注的是，就在上周末，又一轮关于赌王财产分配意愿的声明再度出现在公众面前，这些声明看似自相矛盾，着实令人摸不着头脑。

　　在 这些奇奇怪怪的的，乒乓球式来往的声明令公众对何鸿燊的精神状况产生怀疑。大家同时关心的是，法庭是否会请专家对何鸿燊的精神状况进行专业界定。

　　据老年医学专家保尔称，通常情况下，对于法律纠纷案件，香港有这样一套体系：对于那些被确定为丧失神智，容易以其非本意处置财产的病人，法庭会阻止他与人接触，以防止他人在紧急状况下获利。他认为，法庭可能会成立医疗，律师，会计小组或其他团队对上述声明进行评估，从而得出合法的结论。

　　在上周电视采访中，何鸿燊将声明吞吞吐吐的读了出来，看上去十分费劲儿。Shea医生指出，何鸿燊能将声明读出来，仅能说明他能够认识文字，而且知道怎么发音，但是并不代表他明白这些文字的真正含义。这样的声明产生法律效力是“完全不够的”。

　　Shea 医生并未参与何鸿燊的治疗。

　　而上周末的反击则来自于一家自称全权代表何鸿燊的律师公司。它在声明中宣称，赌王四大家族关于如何处理赌场股权问题的争论，并未达成一致。

　　“何先生对于他的二夫人和三夫人家族成员继续忽视其财产非配要求的态度感到失望”，这个律师公司说，并自称何鸿燊授权他采取所有可能的办法，以确保自己将股权在四个家庭中均分的愿望得以实现。

　　但仅在几个小时以后，代表二夫人和三夫人家族的公关公司就对外发布了一个具有何鸿燊亲笔签名的法律声明复印件，称何取消先前对这两个家庭提起的法律诉讼。同时公布的还有一封何鸿燊签名的信件，称对他们控股行为表示支持。

　　明里的争吵使何鸿燊家庭斗争趋于白热化。何鸿燊的四房太太为他至少生育了17个儿女。他的第一房夫人在2004年故去了。

　　SMJ上周宣布何鸿燊几乎将他的所有股权转让给他的第三方太太和二房夫人的孩子。但是，何鸿燊随即通过他的律师否认股权的转让，并对家人提起诉讼。在之后的一个电视采访中，何鸿燊说不希望在法庭上解决这一问题，并称要解雇他的律师。但是律师又称仍然代表何鸿燊。这使何鸿燊和他的妻子们不断在穿梭于港澳媒体间。

　　目前，何鸿燊的好几个家族都在他的生意中表现活跃，其中有两家还开创了自己的赌场生意。他的第四人夫人还是SJM的常务董事。

　　何鸿燊创办的赌场帝国垄断了澳门博彩业四十年，直到2002年，来自美国和其他地方的竞争者才开始进入这个市场。澳门的赌博收入甚至比拉斯维加斯还要多得多。

　　译文：

　　HONG KONG—Billionaire Stanley Ho's statements in a feud over control for his Macau casino fortune are raising questions about his real intentions, who really represents him—and whether he is of sound mind to make major decisions concerning the disposition of his wealth.

　　The future of the 89-year-old's holdings has been in question since he was hospitalized for brain surgery in 2009. At stake is an indirectly held 18% stake in SJM Holdings Ltd., the casino operator that controls about 30% of Macau's gambling market, which is valued at nearly $30 billion a year.

　　Fresh concerns sprang up last week after Mr. Ho made a televised appearance saying a family dispute over his fortune was settled, while at the same time his attorneys filed a lawsuit against two branches of his sprawling family to regain the shares of his flagship casino empire. Concerns were further exacerbated over the weekend by another round of confusing and seemingly contradictory public statements about the billionaire's wishes.

　　The increasingly bizarre ping-pong of statements elevates doubts on Mr. Ho's mental competence and whether or not a judge will call on medical experts to issue a ruling on his mental status.

　　Paul Shea, a geriatric-medicine specialist, said that generally speaking, in cases of a legal dispute, Hong Kong has a system to prevent people close to a patient from taking advantage in emergency situations when it is decided that the patient is mentally incapacitated and vulnerable to lose property against his will. The courts may order the formation of a committee of doctors, lawyers, accountants and other parties to evaluate legal decisions, he said.

　　Last week, Mr. Ho appeared at times to struggle to read from note cards in his televised statement. Dr. Shea said that "reading words means he recognizes words and knows how to speak, but doesn't mean he understands the whole issue," and that a statement like Mr. Ho's as a measure of legal competence is "grossly inadequate."

　　Dr. Shea isn't involved in Mr. Ho's treatment.

　　The weekend's volley began Sunday when a law firm that says it represents Mr. Ho issued a statement on his behalf saying talks to resolve a quarrel among his four different families over control of his casino interests failed to reach a conclusion.

　　"Dr. Ho expressed his continuing disappointment that members of his second and third family continue to ignore his requests for a resolution of this matter," the law firm, Oldham, Li & Nie, said. It added that Mr. Ho instructed the firm to take "all available action" to ensure that his wish to divide his holdings equally among the four families is carried out.

　　But hours later, a public-relations firm representing the second and third families released a copy of a legal motion signed by Mr. Ho dropping an earlier lawsuit he filed against them. It also released a letter signed by Mr. Ho in which he supported their moves to transfer his holdings into their control.

　　The public squabbling highlights the conflict between the families connected with four different women who have borne Mr. Ho's children. Mr. Ho has at least 17 acknowledged children from the four women he and others call his wives. His first wife passed away in 2004.

　　SJM announced last week that Mr. Ho had given up nearly all his stake in the company to his third wife and the children of his second wife. But in a twist, Mr. Ho, through his law firm, subsequently denied that he authorized the transfer and sued his children. In his televised statement, he said he wanted to resolve the issue outside the courts and was firing his lawyer. The lawyer said that the law firm continued to represent him. That sparked several days of talks with Mr. Ho and his wives shuttling between their walled compounds in the most-exclusive neighborhoods of Hong Kong and Macau.

　　Several of Mr. Ho's family are active in his businesses, including two who have opened their own casinos. His fourth wife is an executive director at SJM.

　　Mr. Ho built his empire under a four-decade monopoly that ended in 2002 when American and other competitors entered the market. Macau is now far bigger than Las Vegas in gambling revenue.