Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000246/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 25 May 1999.
1. On 26th January 1999, the Appellant, a woman in her early thirties, came to Hong Kong from the Mainland by train in order to fly from here to Thailand where she was to attend a trade exhibition. She had with her seven pieces of carved ivory weighing about 9 kg. in all. It was her intention to present them, on behalf of the company of which she was a Manager, to certain persons as gifts at the exhibition in Thailand. By reason of her having brought these seven ivory carvings into Hong Kong, sh