Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 000026/1991 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 12 March 1993.
1. By an assignment dated the 14th August 1989, a semi-detached two-storey house ("the property"), located off Peak Road West on Cheung Chau island, was conveyed to Tang Kam Charn and Cheng Sui Kuk ("the appellants") for a stated consideration of $340,000. On the 24th August 1989 the assignment was presented for stamping, and was stamped in the sum of $2,550, being the ad valorem stamp duty payable thereon.