Jewellery merchandiser faces 34 fraud charges
Jewellery merchandiser Wong Wai-shun, 47, faced 34 fraud charges in Eastern Court for falsely representing himself to various jewellery wholesalers in making purchases of gemstones worth about $5.53 million between June 2002 and May 2003. No plea was taken and the case was listed for mention on March 18.
Cathay loses appeal
The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against a ruling requiring Cathay Pacific to pay a former flight attendant nearly $800,000 after a drawer from a drinks trolley injured her leg. The court said the airline was liable because it had failed to provide safe equipment.
man suffocates himself
An 81-year-old man who had been sick for several years apparently suffocated himself with a plastic bag in a public toilet at the Shek Pui Street playground in Kwai Chung.
