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1. Jones Construction Co. Ltd. is a company limited by shares incorporated in Hong Kong carrying on the business of building contractors and registered with the Public Works Department as registered contractors. As such Jones Construction Co. Ltd. to which I will hereafter refer to for the purposes of brevity as "Jones" were in April 1970 appointed to carry out building works at Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong for China Engineers Ltd. Apparently a large concern, Jones had nine directors and the unchal