In Hong Kong, defamation may include the publication of a statement about a person that exposes him to hatred, contempt or ridicule, and tends to lower his reputation in the opinion of right-thinking members of the community such that it would cause others to shun or avoid him. A corporate body may not suffer injury to its feeling but its goodwill can be injured, and it may maintain an action in tort for libel or slander for any defamatory statement which tends to damage it in the way of its business.[1]