Kwong Kwok Hung
Kwong Kwok Hung
An ordinary villager with a simple heart
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Kwong Kwok Hung’s home in Nga Tsin Wai
Kwong Kwok Hung’s home in Nga Tsin Wai
Kwong Kwok Hung’s family lived at No. 33, 1st Lane (i.e. the house whose roof has two short stone pillars).-Provided by ISD (Photo No.: 20663-9)
Kwong Kwok Hung’s home in Nga Tsin Wai
Kwong Kwok Hung’s family lived at No. 33, 1st Lane (i.e. the house whose roof has two short stone pillars).-Provided by ISD (Photo No.: 20663-9)
In a child's eyes the village was spacious and full of fun
Kwong Kwok Hung lived in a 2-storey tile-roofed house at No. 33 of the 1st Lane. He did not know what materials the walls were built of because the house was sandwiched by another house on both sides; he thought it was bricks or granite stones. When Kwong Kwok Hung was 6 years old, the family moved from Yau Ma Tei to Nga Tsin Wai. Each floor of the new home had an area of more than 200 sq. ft. But, Kwong Kwok Hung was too young to have the concept of ‘area’. He only felt that the house was spacious, and there was a playground outside the porch. In the old home in Man Ming Lane, there was no place for him to play. The only place he used to play was the Temple of Tin Hau where his elder sister took him to. He used to slide down the ramp in front of the Temple as a game. To him, the new home was a great contrast with the old home. The Kwong family lived on the second floor. The room was made his parents’ bedroom, his two elder sisters and he slept on a bunk bed in the living room. In summer, they would be most glad to sleep on the cool tiled floor, which was very clean because they would take off their shoes before climbing the stairs to the second floor.