A family of three appeared in Eastern Court yesterday accused of stealing 10 mooncakes and other baked snacks at an upmarket Central shopping mall last month.
Father Roland Chan Man-sang, 57, mother Jannie Ng Siu-han, 54, and daughter Tsarina Chan Tuck-wing, 24, jointly faced a theft charge. The trio entered no plea.
The prosecution alleged that on September 30 the trio stole HK$569.70 worth of baked goods from the Kee Wah Bakery shop at International Financial Centre in Central.
They allegedly took 10 mooncakes, totalling HK$520.50, that were the traditional type containing lotus seed paste with double salty egg yolks. The other stolen baked goods included six cakes costing HK$27, three barbecue pork buns costing HK$15.50, one condensed milk bun at HK$5.50 and sweets worth HK$1.20.
Magistrate David Thomas adjourned the case to October 20, after defence lawyer Adrian Yeung asked for more time to consult and advise his clients on their pleas.
The Kee Wah Bakery, which was founded in 1938, is one of the more upmarket bakery chains in Hong Kong famous for its bridal cakes, mooncakes, traditional Chinese pastries, snacks and confectionery.