Read the full judgment text of HCA 003508/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. In August 1979 Tsui For-lam came legally to Hong Kong in order to secure a better future for himself and to make some financial provision for the poor family he had left behind him in China. He was employed by a distant relative as a trainee mason and general decorator and, the Court was told, was paid some $2,400 a month after deduction for his board and lodgings. He made remittances to the family which consisted of father, mother, grandmother, two sisters and a younger brother. Both mother