Ng Sui Kuen
Ng Sui Kuen
An overseas clansman returns to his cultural home
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The Tung Tau Estate Resettlement Area
The Tung Tau Estate Resettlement Area
After the completion of the seven-storey blocks of Tung Tau Estate, the surrounding environment of Nga Tsin Wai had greatly changed and villagers had far less space to relax. This photo was taken in 1974-Hong Kong Memory Website
The Tung Tau Estate Resettlement Area
After the completion of the seven-storey blocks of Tung Tau Estate, the surrounding environment of Nga Tsin Wai had greatly changed and villagers had far less space to relax. This photo was taken in 1974-Hong Kong Memory Website
Urban development means Ng Sui Kuen’s home village is now a very strange and alienating place
Ng Sui Kuen beleived there was no more fun after the 7-storey buildings were built in Tung Tau Estate. The environment had changed a lot. Their scope of activities was reduced because many places they used to visit were no more accessible. For example, they could not go up the mountain or to the fish ponds as they did before. The buildings in Tung Tau Estate were resided by many bad elements. Some villains would intercept the passersby for questioning. Some passersby were even taken upstairs and beaten up. Ng Sui Kuen had had such experiences. It happened during his first return to Hong Kong after moving to Britain. He was 17 or 18. One day when he was waiting for friends on the ground floor of Block 7 for a bowling game in Jordan Road, 4 or 5 teddy boys approached him and took him upstairs for questioning. They threatened to force water down his throat and remove his leg tendons. Ng Sui Kuen was so scared that his legs shook. Fortunately, his cousin brother came to his rescue. He said it was a terrible experience. A long time had passed since his departure from Nga Tsin Wai when he returned to Hong Kong. During his stay, he mainly lived in his aunt’s home in Tsim Sha Tsui and seldom went to the 7-storey buildings. He had never been there before he went to Britain, therefore he had no acquaintances living there.