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1. On the 18th January 1995 the Plaintiff, then a 32 year old decorator, was riding his bicycle home to Tai Po, along the Tai Wo to Tai Po Road, with an 8 kg bag of rice in the front basket, when he was struck by a van and knocked off his bicycle. The van did not stop at the scene but continued at speed, pursued by the driver of another vehicle who had witnessed what had happened and noted the number and a reasonably good picture of the vehicle concerned. Unfortunately after this lapse of time i