WONG KIT CHUN for herself and on behalf of the dependants of CHEUNG CHUNG WAI deceased and as the administratrix of the estate of the deceased v WISHING LONG HONG

Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000349/1996 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 March 2000.

1. On 25 October 1993, Mr Cheung Chung Wai fell on a path when he was walking up a mountain to see the sunrise in the Huangshan Scenic Area in Anhui Province, China. He died in Hong Kong on 10 November 1993, aged 46, leaving his widow, the Plaintiff and 2 daughters. The Plaintiff brings this action against the deceased's former employer Wishing Long Hong claiming damages for negligence. An award for Employees' Compensation had been made to the widow on 19 May 1995 in the sum of HK$542,000.00 wit