Read the full judgment text of HCA 006372/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 June 2002.
1. The background facts leading to this action are undisputed and can be summarised as follows. The Hong Kong Housing Authority wanted to install closed circuit television systems in the common areas (such as the lift lobby) of about 60 public housing estates. Shun Cheong Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd. (" Shun Cheong ") was the main contractor of the said project. The defendant was one of the sub-contractors and responsible for supplying, affixing and placing monitor racks (to house the televis