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Charlotte Parsons

A jilted fiance claims his girlfriend stole his heart, then tried to take his money and home after she left him.

 Tam Wah-yan's former bride-to-be left Hong Kong, broke off her engagement to Mr Tam and then tried to evict him from 'his flat', according to a High Court writ filed yesterday.

  In early 1987, Mr Tam and the mother of Ivy Chow Lai-fong, his fiancee, applied to the Housing Authority to buy a property under the Home Ownership Scheme.

  The couple planned to marry once the application was approved, the writ said.

  When they were notified of their success, Ms Chow selected a flat in Tsing Yi.

  Mr Tam's mother-in-law to be, Wong Shui-ching, lent the couple $20,000, and the two also made equal contributions to the first deposit, Mr Tam claims.

 The flat was bought in Ms Chow's name.

  Mr Tam and Ms Chow moved into the home together the following summer, where they lived for six months until Ms Chow moved to Toronto to be reunited with her family.

  The pair agreed Ms Chow would try help Mr Tam also to emigrate to Canada, so they could be together, Mr Tam said. He claims to have paid most instalments on the flat before her departure, and to have paid each month's instalment after she left.

  The relationship began to fizzle out in early 1990, when the Canadian Consulate rejected Mr Tam's immigration application.

  'Telephone exchanges were at first frequent between them, until . . . Ms Chow called Mr Tam to inform him of her decision to finish their relationship,' the writ said.

  Mr Tam claimed Ms Chow promised to waive all rights to the property in his favour.

 He continued to make payments on the flat and returned Mrs Wong's $20,000 loan, the writ said.

  Mr Tam claimed Mrs Wong assured him her daughter would transfer the property title to him.

  But on March 13 last year, Mr Tam received a solicitor's letter asking him to move out or face legal action.

  Through a mutual friend, Mr Tam negotiated with Ms Chow, who allegedly agreed to sell the property and divide the proceeds.

  When she failed to sign an agreement to that effect, Mr Tam filed a writ against her seeking a declaration of his interest in the property, and an order that it be sold and the profits split.



Jilted fiance 'ordered out of home'