Read the full judgment text of HCA 008401/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 February 2002.
1. The plaintiffs are the duly appointed managers of Wong Wai Tsak Tong ("the Tong"), a tong registered with the District Lands Office, Islands pursuant to the provisions of the New Territories Ordinance, Cap. 97. By virtue of section 15 of that Ordinance, the plaintiffs have full power to dispose of or in any way deal with any land held from the Crown, as it then was, under lease or other grant in the name of the Tong as if they were the sole owners thereof.