Ng Yiu Fai
Ng Yiu Fai
A clan officer identified with his ancestral root in his middle age
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A typical ancestral house with a pitched roof
A typical ancestral house with a pitched roof
In the centre of the picture can be seen Ng Yiu Fai’s ancestral home at No. 8, 3rd Lane-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
A typical ancestral house with a pitched roof
In the centre of the picture can be seen Ng Yiu Fai’s ancestral home at No. 8, 3rd Lane-Photo taken by HKMP Team (2012)
Ng Yiu Fai moved out of the ancestral house, leasing it to other non-indigenous villagers
Ng Yiu Fai’s family left Nga Tsin Wai in 1972 and moved to a building in To Kwa Wan. By that time, Ng Yiu Fai and his brothers had grown up and found it very hard to live in a home without a toilet. Back then, he did not feel very sad about his family’s ancestral homes as he does now. He regrets that the Government did not allow the ancestral houses to be demolished for redevelopment. Otherwise he and his family would not have had to move out. His grandmother initially felt sad about leaving the ancestral home and insisted on staying on. After she accidentally fell and hurt herself five or six years later, she could no longer look after herself and therefore moved to To Kwa Wan to reunite and stay with her other family members. After leaving Nga Tsin Wai, Ng Yiu Fai’s family leased out the houses at 3rd Lane end and 5th Lane. The 3rd Lane end house later fell into disrepair and collapsed after a few years by which point the tenant had already left. Although originally living in the opposite hut, the tenant of the 5th Lane house was not surnamed Ng. As this tenant’s family had many children, they rented the house from Ng Yiu Fai’s parents for a very low monthly rent of about HK$120. Indeed so attractive were the terms that they lived in the house for decades!