Read the full judgment text of HCMP 001614/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 June 1984.
1. The Shing Mun River ran out of a pleasant valley in which was grown reputedly the best rice in South China, which valley was later given over to agriculture. Just beyond the village of Sha Tin itself, the river fell into Sha Tin Hui, a tidal estuary, which gave on to Tai Po Hui and, via To Lo Kong, to the open sea. In the valley, the bunds have been thrown down, the flowers uprooted and the whole given over to other things: Beyond Sha Tin, the estuary has been filled in so as artifically to e