Read the full judgment text of HCA 004028/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 10 April 2002.
1. The Plaintiff is a male indigenous villager of Wong Sze U Tong ("the Tong") in Tai Mei Tuk Village in the New Territories. He is entitled under the Government's "Small House Policy" to build a village house commonly known as "Ting house" in the New Territories as his residence. The Defendant is a property developer in Ting houses. In about 1992, the Defendant was negotiating for the purchase of 170,000 square feet of land, including the Remaining Portion of Lot No. 769 ("Lot 769 RP") from the