14 Mar 2000
HKSAR v. YUEN MING SING
- Citation
- HKSAR v. YUEN MING SING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMA1157/1998
The appellate court upheld the magistrate's factual findings that the use changed to large‑scale commercial warehousing not authorized by planning, that 'warehouse' bears its ordinary meaning and was not uncertain, and that the three‑month compliance period did not invalidate the Notice; accordingly the conviction was affirmed. However, the costs order was set aside because a convicted defendant must be able to present statutory defences without the automatic threat of bearing prosecution costs and there were no indicia that the defence had unreasonably prolonged the trial.