Read the full judgment text of HCCC 64/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
2. There is authority for this approach in England, see R.v. Gortat and Pirog , [1973] Criminal Law Review 648; R.v. Robinson , [1969] Criminal Law Reports 207 and the article "Establishing a Factual Basis for Sentencing" by D.A. Thomas in [1970] Criminal Law Review 80 at pages 85 and 87. There are cases likewise in Hong Kong supporting this approach and these are LO Yim-kai and others v.R. , [1966] Hong Kong Law Reports 414 at page 424; R.v. Lamke , [1965] Hong Kong Law Reports 251 at page 255,