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1. The Plaintiff is a newspaper and magazine ("the publications") distributor. He has two offices, one in Hong Kong and the other in Kowloon. The Defendants were his employees and were in charge of the Kowloon Office. The 1st and 2nd Defendants are husband and wife. They were put in charge of the Kowloon Office from 1969 onwards. The 3rd Defendant is their son. He started work in the Kowloon Office from 1993 onwards. On 6th August 1994, the Defendants were dismissed by the Plaintiff. The cause o