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2. CHEUNG Kau-mui, aged 56, (mother of the Prisoner)

Among her three sons in trouble, the Prisoner was considered the worst one in conduct. He disliked schooling at his young age and spent his time wandering around in Shaukiwan with other dubious characters and became unruly. He liked gambling very much and knew liis wife when he went to gamble in Macau. He had given her no financial support since 1971 after his marriage.

3. MAN Sik-mui, aged 31 (elder sister of the Prisoner, residing

at No. 1833, Block 12, Lei Muk Shu Estate)

The Prisoner was remarked to be clever but lazy. He was He a great spendthrift, indulged in gambling and ball-room going. became wayward and unruly since his early adolescence already.

4. MAN Ting-foon, aged 69 (paternal uncle of the Prisoner, residing

No. 67, Prince Edward Road, 7/F, Kowloon)

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He described the Prisoner a black sheep of his family.

He liked gambling of all sorts and was a ball-room. frequenter.

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On the other hand, he was a lazy worker.

5. The Commandant, Police Training School

The Prisoner was taken on strength as a Recruit Constable on 16th May, 1967. He resigned on the 10th August the same year on his own accord. During his period of training at the Police Training School, he failed one of the four written examinations on law and managed to obtain a bare pass in the remaining three. His conduct had not been the subject of any adverse comments.

6. Mr. CHAN Kuen

(former employer of the Prisoner, former manager of the Shan Si Printing Company at No. 23, Sui Lun Street, G/F, Tokwawan)

The Prisoner was an attendant with the company for about 8 months. He had related smoothly with other colleagues but was rather lazy at work. He liked gambling very much and had once embezzled $1,700 from the company.

7. Mr. KWAN

(former employer of the Prisoner, manager of the

Tung On Chan Saw-Mill at Section 28, Yau Tong Bay, Kowloon)

The Prisoner had been a labourer with the saw-mill for over a year. His behaviour at the mill was all right and he was rather hard-working at first. However, he became very lazy later and was very often absent from work, for which he was even cually dismissed.

Mr. LAM