Read the full judgment text of HCA 014382/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 January 1986.
1. In 1980 the Industrial Estate Corporation, a body controlled by the Hong Kong Government, entered into a contract with the Construction and Development Corporation of the Phillipines ("CDCP") for the formation of a large industrial estate near Yuen Long. The contract, inter alia, called for the supply of a very substantial quantity of earth fill and this part of the contract was sub-contracted by CDCP to the Plaintiff by a contract dated 1/10/1980. The Plaintiff, who is now aged 68, trades un