Damages sought over foam-vapour explosion
A waste-materials inspector was paralysed in his left arm by an explosion of flammable vapour emitted by a container of polystyrene beads, the Court of First Instance heard yesterday.
Yip King-leung is seeking $3.8 million in damages from his former employer, China Inspection Company, over the blast, which occurred on December 16, 1998.
Girl, 7, calls police after mother slashes father
A seven-year-old girl called police after her mother chopped her father in their home yesterday. Officers arrived at the family's unit in Sau Mau Ping Estate about 8.30am and found that the woman, 31, had attacked her husband, 41, during a dispute over her gambling debts. She was arrested for wounding and her husband was treated for arm injuries. Police said that the couple's three children, aged three, five and seven, were unhurt.
Study stress cited for woman's suicide leap
