Read the full judgment text of CACV 000003/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 September 1969.
1. On the 5th July, 1966, Mr. Cheung Chung Wai, hereinafter called the 'deceased', a steerage/deck passenger on the s.s. 'Taiyuen', which was docked in Manila, went ashore with his friend, Mr. Wong. They returned and took lunch in their cabin at about 1 p.m. The deceased then left the cabin to purchase some postcards at the purser's office. The hatches were open as cargo was being loaded or unloaded. The deck, in the vicinity of the hatches on the side where the cargo was not being worked, was e