welcome
vancouversun

vancouversun

Business

Business & Economics

Judge orders shutdown of B.C.'s oldest pub

vancouversun
Summary
Nutrition label

64% Informative

Eddy Ng and David Wong bought the pub in 2002 but Ng came up with only $380,000 .

Wong and his wife, Fanny Ching , own about 60 per cent of the pub.

Ng's widow asked Wong to buy Ng’s shares but they couldn’t agree on a price.

The liquidation and sale is a “remedy of last resort” but it was the best way to allow the petitioners to realize their share.

“This is part of the plan for the two conflicting sides to get back to the table” to agree on a price for the shares. And he said he will keep the business going with bank financing, if necessary, and he emphasized the business is financially solid and has plans to remain open for years . A message left with Ling Zhu Ng’s lawyer was not immediately returned..

VR Score

77

Informative language

81

Neutral language

79

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources