THE son of 80-year-old canopy collapse victim Tsui Mo-yee was fighting to come to terms with his mother's death last night.
Tsui Yau said that despite his mother's age, she had been active and he had encouraged her to keep busy since she retired as a cleaner 20 years ago.
''My sister had a concession to sell newspapers in Aberdeen underneath where the canopy collapsed and my mother would help her for about two hours every day . . . she did it for nothing, because she enjoyed it,'' Mr Tsui said.
''Every day my parents would go for yum cha and then mum would help my sister while she took a break.
''My sister returned just after the collapse and saw my mother. She tried to pull her out but she wasn't moving . . . I think she realised she was dead.'' Mr Tsui said he could not understand how the collapse occurred and his family would pursue the contractor involved in the work to seek compensation.
He said work had been carried out for several weeks on the building. ''I want to know how this happened . . . it is not fair that an old woman should die this way.'' Shipwright Tam Bing-nan, 48, his wife Tsang King-ying, 40, and their seven-year-old son Tam Yau-ming were near the restaurant when the canopy fell.
