Ng Chi Wing
Ng Chi Wing
From growing up to becoming the village head
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Ng Chi Wing and his mother 
Ng Chi Wing and his mother 
This photo was taken at the ritual shed at the 27th Nga Tsin Wai Jiao Festival in 1986  -Provided by Ng Chi Wing
Ng Chi Wing and his mother 
This photo was taken at the ritual shed at the 27th Nga Tsin Wai Jiao Festival in 1986  -Provided by Ng Chi Wing
A large polygamous family
Ng Chi Wing grew up in a big and poor family. Many people in Nga Tsin Wai came from polygamous backgrounds. Among them were the families of Ng Chi Wing’s biggest younger sister’s husband and Mr. Kong. Both families had two mothers and many siblings. Ng Chi Wing’s family members did not mind about the identity of their father’s legal wife or concubines. Only Ng Chi Wing’s aunt deemed the boy’s natural mother as his father’s legal wife. Ng Chi Wing was poor during childhood and the adults were so preoccupied with feeding their many kids that there was little room for conflict. Ng Chi Wing never really cared about who was closer to him in terms of blood and gave his salaries to his second mother for dispatch after starting work. This was because his second mother spent all her time at the family home looking after the children.