Ng Chin Hung’s father attended Queen’s College from the age of around 10, eventually dropping out of school after the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941. Due to difficulties arising from the occupation, he eventually went to Guangzhou with some buddies from Nga Tsin Wai. He returned to Hong Kong when the Japanese forces were defeated. He was then admitted to the British army’s Hong Kong Chinese Training Unit. After serving as a Chinese British soldier for a couple of years or so, he transferred to the police training school, formally beginning his career as a policeman in 1947. His father and Lui Lok served at roughly the same time – the era of the ‘Four Big Detective Sergeants’. Back then, corruption was flourishing and it was not uncommon for police officers to demand protection money from weaker members of society. Given his steady income, Ng Chin Hung’s father did not want a promotion as he was content to stay a crime detective officer for the remainder of his career. In those years, the older man liked to dance and was a regular visitor to the Blue Sky Nightclub in Portland Street. According to the accounts of villagers who sat chatting at the gatehouse, Ng Chin Hung’s father dressed very casually when he went out dancing, only wearing his pajamas, shirt and slippers. His carrying of his regulation-issue gun did, however, cause much merriment amongst his neighbours!