Read the full judgment text of FAMC 000001/2000 on BabelCite. This FAMC judgment was delivered on 20 March 2000.
1. This applicant was convicted of a charge under section 42(1)(a) of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115, in that he made to an immigration officer acting in the course of his lawful duties under Part III of the Ordinance a representation which he knew to be false. The facts were that he was employed by the Tung Kong Mechanical Moulding Factory, for which purpose he was allowed to stay in Hong Kong until 24 February 1997. By his own admission, however, he left his work in August 1995. His evide