When a gunman shot a developer in Hong Kong and took four hostages, having ‘lost every penny’ on a Discovery Bay business venture

• In 1979, a man shot and seriously wounded the head of the company developing Hong Kong’s Discovery Bay, then held a group of women hostage for five hours
• The man was in a business dispute with the company, having ‘lost every penny’ he had put into a catering franchise, which had ‘upset the balance of his mind’