27 Sept 1999
TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Citation
- TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV288/1998
The 1961 communications did not create proprietary rights or an irrevocable licence; residents remained licensees under occupation permits governed by the Resettlement Ordinance and those permits were validly terminable on notice; there was no unconscionable encouragement or legally enforceable promise that prevented revocation or entitled residents to damages, hence the Housing Authority's notices were valid and the appeals must be dismissed.