article_snippet.sent: There were claims last night that Mrs Cousins had originally moved to Hong Kong from the Philippines in the 1990s and worked as a domestic helper before becoming the partner of Mr Cousins.
article_snippet.sent: It is unclear whether Mrs Cousins had originally moved to Hong Kong from the Philippines in the 1990s and worked as a domestic helper before becoming the partner of Mr Cousins had married, although she uses his surname.
article_snippet.sent: Last night, one expat who knows Mr Cousins described the family as 'down to earth and decent'.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Cousins added: 'Mr Cousins isn't a Hooray Henry at all, like so many of the expats in top jobs in Hong Kong.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Cousins's more of an Essex-boy type who worked Mr Cousins way up the corporate ladder and is just very bright and very good at what Mr Cousins does.'
article_snippet.sent: Both of the Cousins girls appeared to have a wide circle of friends among the city's well-to-do expatriate community.