Read the full judgment text of CACC 000371/1970 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 31 December 1970.
2. At about 4.30 a.m. on the morning of the 15th January, two young men named Chau Wai-chi and Chung Chi-kit, aged 20 and 17 respectively, were attacked and killed as they sat at a table drinking tea in the upstairs area - described as the "cockloft" - of a crowded restaurant known as the Hoover (or Ho Wah) Restaurant in Jordan Road, Kowloon. The attack was carried out by seven or eight men armed with knives, triangular files and other sharp weapons.