An expat in his 20s, who still lives with his parents in
Dubai and has never seen a house rental contract, has been awarded a six-acre
island in Canada, as reported by UAE local daily Khaleej Times.
Brendan Lopes, a Portuguese national with
Indian origins, told Khaleej Times
he has won the ‘Win a Private Island’ competition by Liv, a digital-only
lifestyle bank by Emirates NBD.
The 27-year-old filmmaker and DJ also won
Dh100,000 cash prize as part of the campaign, which required participants to be
regular Liv users and earn loyalty points.
The Hollpoint Island is the size of five
football fields and is located in Nova Scotia in Canada. Figures online show
that private islands in that location have an estimate price tag of $50,000 to
$100,000. “I don’t even know what an
Ejari contract looks like, I don’t have a house of my own, I still live with my
parents – and now I own an island. I can’t believe it,” Lopes told Khaleej
Times.
Lopes is planning to travel to Nova Scotia and
see the island and will then decide what he’ll do with it. The campaign
by Liv was launched in April this year. Customers with the highest Livion
points each month, along with 15 randomly chosen customers, were picked as the
finalists for the promotion. The 20 finalists then participated in a group
competition.
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