Ng Chiu Pang thinks today that CKH was only a property developer with just commercial considerations. CKH’s offer prices for each 0.01 acre house and plot either with or without vacant possession were respectively HK$1,800,000 or HK$2,000,000. The offers were open to both indigenous and non-indigenous inhabitants. Ng Chiu Pang asked CKH whether it had considered keeping some old structures, but found it difficult because CKH had already drawn up building plans. CKH also thought that if Tin Hau Temple was kept, worshippers would continue to burn incense, creating smoke and smog that would negatively affect its possible future sale of the properties. Seduced by the generous prices CKH were offering, many villagers were quite happy to sell their houses. The fact that the dwellings were ancestral houses became only a secondary consideration. Indeed, so happy were some prospective sellers that even Ng Kau who was serving as that year’s village headman sold his home. Many other villagers could not sell their houses because of legal issues concerning old title deeds in respect of the houses or because their ancestors had failed to complete the property succession formalities. As a result, Ng Chiu Pang’s starting point was not the same as that of other villagers as he was reluctant to sell his properties because they were ancestral houses. Eventually then, CKH’s negotiations with Ng Chiu Pang grounded to a halt.