2015年4月8日 星期三 (April 8th, 2015 Wed)
梅媽欠租半年
Anita's Mother did not pay rent for 6 months and was asked to leave apartment unit. The rental fee is $43,000 per month and she owes six months' worth of rent.
執達主任上門收樓
【明報專訊】梅艷芳母親覃美金（梅媽）因欠租半年被業主收樓，昨日執達主任與律師到她位於跑馬地的寓所收樓，她一度拒絕離開又大哭。由於情緒激動令血壓上升，為安全計，她最終肯離開寓所往醫院接受治療。據稱梅媽去年以4.3萬元租住跑馬地一單位，她欠租6個月而被業主收樓。
血壓飈高入院
昨日執達主任與律師往收樓時遇梅媽反抗，她聲言要反鎖自己在屋內。梅媽稱已搵到新屋，需要時間收拾，但未獲批准而情緒激動。由於血壓突升高，她由外傭陪同搭的士往附近私家醫院，要留院休息。至於出院後她會住什麼地方？梅媽稱唯有見步行步。
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2015年4月1日 星期三 (April 1st, 2015 Wed)
梅艷芳二哥德明設靈 梅媽哀別
Anita's second brother passed away from throat cancer last month at the age of 62 (this is NOT the brother who often appears with the mother)
【明報專訊】梅艷芳二哥梅德明上月因喉癌逝世，終年62歲，昨晚於紅磡福澤殯儀館設靈，靈堂中央放有梅德明黑白照，橫匾寫有「德範長存」，門外擺放紙紮祭品作供奉之用。不過家屬將靈堂大門關上，希望低調舉殯，謝絕傳媒採訪騷擾。
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2015年3月30日 星期一 (March 30th, 2015 Monday)
92歲梅媽申索15年生活費
Anita's mother, now 92 years old, claims that the doctor said she will live for another 20 years. She applied to the High Court requesting for 15 years' worth of living allowances to be paid in one lump-sum amount of $50,000,000 HKD. She also asked for $170,000 HKD for the funeral and burial services of her younger son.
The Estate Management personnel objected to paying her living allowances in one lump-sum amount. They revealed that the cash and property value of Anita's estate is now worth $80,000,000 HKD and giving out the living expenses all at once might not be fair to the other beneficiaries, such as the New Horizon Buddhist Association Ltd.
【明報專訊】現年92歲、已故樂壇巨星梅艷芳的母親覃美金，以醫生稱她仍可多活20年為由，昨向高院 申請從遺產中一次過索取15年的生活費共逾5000萬，以及早前因癌病去世的次子梅德明殮葬費共17萬元。遺產管理人反對一次過索取生活費，並透露現時梅艷芳遺產中現金和物業共值8000萬元，一次過索取生活費或對其他受益人如妙境佛學會不公平。

梅媽呻3萬生活費難捱 官：幾百萬人苦過你
[2016.03.09]

【明報專訊】已故歌手梅艷芳的母親覃美金(梅媽)，為與梅艷芳生前立下的基金爭奪梅逾億元遺產，不惜斥巨資打官司，最終梅媽被判敗訴，更因拖欠律師費於2012年被頒令破產。梅媽昨到高院，向破產信託人申請取回每月全數逾10萬元的生活費，稱現時每月只有3萬元「捱得好辛苦」。但法官陳江耀直斥，「香港幾百萬人辛苦過你」，着她「乖乖哋」捱到下月底破產令屆滿後，便可以每月獲10多萬元。

梅媽昨到高院要求破產受託人日後一次過、或發放逾10萬元的生活費給她，聲稱「個個月捱個3萬蚊，我好辛苦呀捱得！」法官陳江耀反駁，「個個月3萬蚊都辛苦，香港幾百萬人辛苦過你」。

官：過兩月解除破產 「搞咁多問題做咩」

陳官提醒梅媽，她的破產令將於今年4月25日屆滿，「如果ð µ±家繼續好似過去兩年咁，乖乖哋無事無幹……到5月無咗破產令，仲搞咁多問題做咩？」陳官着梅媽多等待兩個月便可每個月獲得10多萬元生活費，破產受託人屆時將會自動「失蹤」，梅媽將不再受制於受託人，「兩個月，咁多年都捱咗啦！」

指梅媽精神差 叮囑添衣

與梅媽交手多年的陳官押後裁決，但稱「今日的申請真係……我唔會話無謂」，最後特別叮嚀梅媽：「你90幾歲人啦，出面天氣又唔好，唔好小小事騰嚟騰去，對你身體唔好，見你今日精神差過之前」，着梅媽過兩天天氣轉冷，記得添衣開暖爐。

【案件編號：HCB3777/11】

QUICK TRANSLATION
Mui's mother complained about living on $30,000 HKD monthly allowance as being tough.
Judge responded: Millions of people have tougher lives than you.

more translation later...

梅媽申7100萬生活費：我踎街我嘅事
[2016.08.27] 發表

【明報專訊】已故樂壇天后梅艷芳母親覃美金(梅媽)，再因生活費鬧上法庭。被醫生指仍有10至15年壽命的93歲梅媽，昨要求法庭批出一筆過7100萬元款項，「你畀返晒我，唔理我做乜好，我踎街我嘅事」。法官押後裁決，以決定批出一筆過款項抑或每月發放生活費及醫療費。

醫生料可過百歲

法官稱，若決定每月發放生活費，或會要求梅媽實報實銷醫療費，以免當醫療費超過固定數額時，梅媽需以生活費支付。沒有律師代表的梅媽認為，每月發放生活費、實報實銷醫療費並不公道，要求「唔好拖住尾巴，一筆過搞掂」。梅媽稱「你畀咗我，我使晒又好，遊埠又好」，又稱「我使晒(啲錢)，有病入公立醫院囉」。

法官表示，醫生指梅媽壽命還有10至15年，遺產有7500萬元，以每月20萬元生活費計算，連同醫療費，粗略估計梅媽每年花費400萬元，有生之年用盡遺產機會微。梅媽稱「(啲錢)我使晒，我踎街，我嘅事，我心甘情願」，又稱自己辛苦養大女兒，今日卻要承受這一切，唯有怨命。她續稱自己沒有物業，常因欠租被趕走。梅媽又指摘遺產信託人匯豐曾連續7、8個月沒有向她發放生活費，幸得朋友濟助。

法官即解釋當年是因為官司進行中，故暫時未能出售物業套現，官司完結後已立即向梅媽發放生活費。梅媽稱，「啲錢我個女嘅，唔係要你哋施捨」，又稱全世界也知道要出售梅艷芳的內褲，才足夠向她發放生活費。

代表匯豐的大律師認同醫療費應實報實銷，並引述條例指出，法庭裁決時應考慮梅媽的年齡。

【案件編號：HCMP2981/04】

Quick translation of above news reporting.

This recent news article from August 27th, 2016 has similar contents to something that was reported before.

Mui's mother at current age of 93, claims that she is very healthy and is expected to live another 10-15 years. She has applied to the court for getting a one time payment of $71 million dollars (HKD) from Anita's estate, instead of receiving monthly allowances of $200,000 (HKD) per month.

The judge said there is $75 million remaining in Anita's estate trust fund. He needs to give a verdict, whether or not to approve the one-time payment requested, or to continue with the monthly payment format, which has been the arrangement all along.

( NOTE: the monthly allowance format is the payment method stated in Anita's will).

「梅媽」再遭申請破產　5月開審

[2017-03-14 01:12]

人稱「梅媽」的已故樂壇天后梅艷芳的9旬母親覃美金，多年來為梅姐留給她的生活費不斷興訟，早年更因輸官司兼訟費後，拖欠律師費導致破產。她的破產期於去年終獲解除，但今再遭兩名會計師Wong Teck Meng及Chan Pui Sze入稟高院申請破產，據司法機構網頁顯示，案件將於5月10日開庭聆訊。

據悉，兩名入稟的債權人曾任梅媽的破產受託人。梅媽近年曾多次向法庭申請從遺產中一次過索取5千多萬至7千萬元生活費，但均遭法庭拒絕。

法庭記者：黃詠雯
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QUICK TRANSLATION
From SingTao Newspaper March 14th, 2017.

TITLE:
Mui's mother again facing application to have her declared bankrupt.
Court case scheduled for May.


Mui's mother previous bankruptcy order just ended last year when she owed money to her lawyers.
Now two accountants have applied to the High Court for her bankruptcy declaration.
The case will be going to the court on May 10th.

(NOTE: in case anyone is wondering why this is happening.
My GUESS is that Mui's mother refuses to pay these 2 accountants.
When this happens, the only way they could get paid is to have the Court declare her bankrupt. The Court could then order to take certain amount of money from Mui's mother monthly allowance to pay these two people first, before the remaining money is released to her. They may do this on a monthly basis until the debt is cleared.)

The High Court has Rejected the Request by Anita's mother for one-time take-over of $71 million dollar Living Allowance

梅媽要求領取7100萬生活費　高院駁回申請

[2017-04-26 04:04] from SingTao Daily

已故樂壇天后梅艷芳的母親覃美金（梅媽），早前不滿高院原訟庭從梅艷芳的遺產信託中，以分期支付形式向她發放每月生活費，她要求一筆過領取7100萬而興訟，今年二月上訴庭駁回她的上訴，梅媽於是在今年二月二十日申請上訴至終審法院的許可，高院今頒下判詞駁回申請。

「梅媽」覃美金（93歲）以事件涉及重大公眾利益及其他理由申請上訴終審法院的許可。判詞指，梅媽曾要求口頭聆訊，但上訴庭認為沒有必要。訴庭認為梅媽的上訴理據沒有合理的成功機會，又提出沒有關連的學術問題，更遑論對結果有影響。梅媽又認為飽受實質嚴重的不公平，上訴庭認為她只是重覆在計算生活費的方式上曾有協議，但實際上沒有相關協議，她的理據是不合理。

法庭記者：方嘉欣 FURTHER TRANSLATION to follow
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Mui's Mother Cried and Claimed She previously suffered for 4 years over Bankruptcy order
"Picked up veggies from streets to cook with bean curd"

梅媽哭訴破產令捱了4年「街邊地下執菜炆豆腐食」

[2017-05-22 00:22] from SingTao Daily

已故樂壇天后梅艷芳的母親覃美金（梅媽），因爭奪梅艷芳的遺產欠下10萬元訟費，再遭兩名破產信託人呈請破產。案件今在高院法官歐陽桂如席前處理，梅媽反對破產呈請，指呈請人「食人唔骨」，她現時被凍結戶口，沒有錢交租及出糧給僱人，又哭訴自己為早前的破產令捱了4年，「在街邊地下執菜，炆豆腐食」。法官指示案件再押後兩星期。

呈請人Wong Teck Meng及Chan Pui Sze的代表律師再次澄清，沒有促請銀行凍結該戶口，惟不能控制銀行如何處理被申請破產者的戶口。梅媽指「我無話唔畀，但凍結咗我（戶口）點畀，租金交唔到，到時又搵執達吏破我產」，又指自己打了多年爭產官司，「今日我仲有呢副骨頭，我唔憤」。法官留意到文件顯示一個取消法定要求償還書的命令，需要翻看早前法官的判決及判案書，故把案件押後，同時讓梅媽向法庭申請解凍戶口部分資產。

法庭記者：方嘉欣 FURTHER TRANSLATION to follow

Follow-up translation to above reporting.

Anita's mother is rejecting an application by 2 people to declare her bankrupt. She said she suffered for 4 years the last time she was given the order of bankruptcy. She said she would like to pay these 2 people but her account is frozen.

The lawyer representing these 2 individuals said they have nothing to do with how the bank handles her account.

At the same time the Judge noticed there is a special document in her file regarding payment order. He would like to study the previous judge's verdict first, so he is deferring this case for 2 weeks.

He has also asked Mui's mother to apply for thawing her bank account.

梅媽澄清生活費沒20萬　每月9萬不夠用「要交租又要食」

[2017-06-18 23:27]

已故樂壇天后梅艷芳的母親覃美金（梅媽）去年四月結束破產令，但因爭奪梅艷芳遺產欠下巨額訟費，再遭兩名破產信託人呈請破產。直至今年1月，她共欠訟費連利息共13.4萬多港元。案件今在高院處理，梅媽已繳還欠款，法官正式宣布撤銷本破產案件。

梅媽指澄清外界說她每月有20萬生活費，其實只有9萬，「匯豐（遺產管理人）死都要個個月畀我生活費，剩下的就投資，幾億都洗曬啦！佢好叻嫁，屋租同工人費全部都隊埋畀我，我交完仲有幾多呢？出面的人話我20萬都唔夠洗，根本就無20萬，我得唔夠10萬咋，得9萬幾」，她指9萬都唔夠洗，「工人費啦，仲要交租，又要食啦」。梅媽又指「佢官字兩個口，我得一個口，佢捏住我喉嚨」。

法庭記者：方嘉欣
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Mui's mother clarified her living allowance is not $200,000 per month.
The monthly allowance of $90,000 (Hong Kong Dollars) is not enough [needs to pay for rent and food]

The judge has dismissed the case.
Mui's mother has now paid the 2 people who she was owing money to.
Thus their request for declaring her bankrupt has been dismissed.

Mui's mother complained that HSBC insisted on paying her allowance on a monthly basis. (Remaining amounts need to be-reinvested) She said she needs to pay for the domestic helpers, rent, and food, thus $90,000 per month is not sufficient.