9 Mar 2000
NG SIU CHAU v. HKSAR
- Citation
- NG SIU CHAU v. HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACC2/1999
The apprentices were not employees of The Hong Kong Jockey Club within the ordinary meaning of "employee" and therefore were not "public servants" under the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance; the Club's administrative powers, rule‑making, payments and provisions did not establish an employer‑employee relationship and purposive construction could not override the ordinary meaning of the statutory words. Consequently the convictions based on s4(1)(a) were unsafe and were quashed.