Read the full judgment text of HCA 001655/1985 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. Madam Kong Kwai Kan died on 16th May 1982 when she was more than 80 years of age. She had been married as a young lady in China but her husband died just a few months after the marriage. There were no children of the marriage. Later she came to Hong Kong. For many years, until her retirement in 1965, she had worked as an amah for an English solicitor resident in Hong Kong. From the evidence she was clearly a lady of considerable industry and thrift. By the time of her retirement she had acqui