Kwong Kwok Hung
Kwong Kwok Hung
An ordinary villager with a simple heart
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An old home being leveled by the redevelopers
An old home being leveled by the redevelopers
In the late 1980s, Kwong Kwok Hung sold his house in Nga Tsin Wai to a redeveloper who almost immediately fenced off and leveled the property.-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
An old home being leveled by the redevelopers
In the late 1980s, Kwong Kwok Hung sold his house in Nga Tsin Wai to a redeveloper who almost immediately fenced off and leveled the property.-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
Family house was demolished once bought up by developer
Kwong Kwok Hung remembers that China State Bank was the first buyer which intended to acquire Nga Tsin Wai. Later on, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited took over the negotiations but reached no consensus with the villagers. Although knowing that it was impossible to acquire the whole village, Cheung Kong proposed to acquire houses with vacant possession with the price of $620,000, and pay $560,000 for houses without vacant possession. Kwong Kwok Hung thought Cheung Kong planned to acquire the plots one by one and apply to the government for land exchange with title deeds. Kwong Kwok Hung supported to sell the house because his parents were old and the living conditions of the village houses were poor although the only advantage was relatively close neighbour relations. Kwong Kwok Hung agreed as soon as he was told the Cheung Kong’s offer, and the house was sold for $620,000. The Kwong family purchased a flat in Sui Wo Court as the parents’ residence. A balance of more than $100,000 was left of the proceedings after paying the purchase price. Upon acquisition, Cheung Kong sealed the houses immediately and demolished them shortly after. Kwong Kwok Hung does not consider it to be a pity. He thought the houses should be demolished because this could prevent the former owners from returning as well as the drug addicts from occupying the vacant houses.