Meaning of man on the Shau Kei Wan tram | Babel Free

Definitions

Any hypothetical reasonable person used by the Courts when considering questions of reasonableness.

Hong-Kong

Examples

“This [the adjudication system established under the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance] is a system fraught with problems. It may lead to a panel that is dominated by those who feel strongly about obscenity and indecency; not those who represent the “standards of morality generally accepted by reasonable members of the community.” In other words, the man on the Shau Kei Wan tram is not represented.”

CEFR level