Read the full judgment text of HCA 000227/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 November 2003.
1. The plaintiff is the owner of a residential house at No. 7A Manly Villa, 38 Ocean Park Road, Hong Kong. By a tenancy agreement dated 13 January 1997 the defendant became the tenant of the premises. At the defendant's request the tenancy was a five-year term tenancy (from 15 February 1997 to 14 February 2002) at a total rent of $11,160,000.00. The rent was payable by installments at the rate of $170,000.00 per month for three years, then $210,000.00 per month for two years.