Ng Chiu Pang
Ng Chiu Pang
An emigrated clansman fighting hard for his ancestral houses
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Villagers’ ancestors did not sell dragon’s beard candy
Villagers’ ancestors did not sell dragon’s beard candy
Ng Chiu Pang’s grandfather earned his fortune as a seafarer before the war, using his wages to buy the three ancestral houses in 3rd Lane-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
Villagers’ ancestors did not sell dragon’s beard candy
Ng Chiu Pang’s grandfather earned his fortune as a seafarer before the war, using his wages to buy the three ancestral houses in 3rd Lane-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
Ng Chiu Pang believed that a conservation park would not really satisfy the interests of the villagers
Somebody had proposed a conservation plan to develop the entire Nga Tsin Wai into a themed conservation attraction similar to the Sung Dynasty Village or Disneyland. Key features there would include dragon’s beard candy stalls and acrobatics displays. Ng Chiu Pang felt that Nga Tsin Wai had its historic value. He also points out that his grandfather was not a dragon’s beard candy seller or acrobat and would never have agreed to the setting up such trivialities. Worse still, were the conservation park plan to go ahead, the land would revert to the Government with such compensation payable in the same manner as under any resumption of Government ownership. While the Government acknowledged the interests of the indigenous inhabitants, it had to abide by its established policy. As a result, it had to refer all cases in the New Territories and use an established formula to calculate any compensation. Such amounts would inevitably be far lower than those offered by the URA.