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Several of Nga Tsin Wai’s past leaders
Many people in the back row of this photo were leaders of Nga Tsin Wai. Among them were Ng Wai Chi (fourth from left) and Ng Yun Chor (first from left). Ng Wai Chi was the President of the Seamen’s Union while Ng Yun Chor served as Nga Tsin Wai’s Vil-Provided by Lee Foo
Several of Nga Tsin Wai’s past leaders
Many people in the back row of this photo were leaders of Nga Tsin Wai. Among them were Ng Wai Chi (fourth from left) and Ng Yun Chor (first from left). Ng Wai Chi was the President of the Seamen’s Union while Ng Yun Chor served as Nga Tsin Wai’s Vil-Provided by Lee Foo
Lee Foo receives officials on the occasion of the 1986 Jiao Festival
While serving as the Village Headman, Lee Foo also worked as a civil servant and therefore had good relations with government officials. This picture shows him welcoming visiting officials (second from left, second from right) to the 1986 Jiao Festiv-Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Lee Foo receives officials on the occasion of the 1986 Jiao Festival
While serving as the Village Headman, Lee Foo also worked as a civil servant and therefore had good relations with government officials. This picture shows him welcoming visiting officials (second from left, second from right) to the 1986 Jiao Festiv-Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Elders and martial arts masters used to mediate in village disputes
Whenever there was a dispute between villagers of Nga Tsin Wai, the elders would come forward to settle it on most occasions. The elders of the Ng Clan and Lee Clan had supreme authority and were well respected by the younger generations. For disputes between villages, powerful people such as martial art masters would come forward to mediate. One year, when Nga Tsin Wai was holding a qilin dance during a festival, some Po Kong villagers intercepted the dance and provoked conflict. Before the war, there used to be one or two masters in each village to guide the children in martial art. A lot of people in Lee Foo’s father generation practised master art when they were young, but the trend subsided during Lee Foo’s early years. Martial art declined further after the war because people were busy making a living and, at the same time, practice venues were becoming increasingly short.
