Kong Chi Yin
Kong Chi Yin
Haifeng immigrant values his childhood friends
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An abandoned former residence
An abandoned former residence
Here, surrounded by wire mesh is the old home of Kong Chi Yin’s family-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
An abandoned former residence
Here, surrounded by wire mesh is the old home of Kong Chi Yin’s family-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
Kong Chi Yin felt sad that his mother had been evicted from her old home after she had lived there for decades
CY Kong was a bit regrettable when her mother moved out of the Nga Tsin Wai. In 1986, the property owner sold his house. The sub-landlord demanded that they move out. Afterwards a lawyer and the police came to claim the house. CY Kong’s mother moved out reluctantly, and stayed with his eldest brother in Tuen Mun. His mother got accustomed to the village life. Moving out from an old house which she had lived in for several decades at such an old age surely had depressed and weakened her as she found it hard to adapt to the new environment. CY Kong lamented that if her mother did not have to move out, she could have lived longer. In the old days opposite the Kongs’ house, there used to be two fruit stalls (Editor’s note: the traffic lights at the junction of Tung Kwong Road and Tung Lung Road) built with tents and planks. The stall owners lived inside the stalls with their families. One of the stalls was run by a Chiu Chow couple who had a son and a daughter. CY Kong’s mother was well acquainted with the lady owner.