Wan Cheung moved into Nga Tsin Wai from Po Toi Island as a result of intermarriage amongst older generations of his family. Before the war, Wan Cheung lived together with his maternal grandmother and his mother’s youngest sister in Lai Chi Yuen for about two years. As Wan Cheung’s younger siblings were still too young for school, they stayed on in Po Toi Island. After the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, Wan Cheung returned to Po Toi Island with his mother and her youngest sister. During the Japanese occupation, Wan Cheung’s maternal grandmother’s house at Lai Chi Yuen was demolished and the authorities paid her some compensation. As Wan Cheung’s maternal aunt had married into Nga Tsin Wai at that time and lived in 2nd Lane, his maternal grandmother bought a house in 1st Lane (behind the Village Office) to be near her. After peace was restored, Wan Cheung resided in this house with his maternal uncle and his wife, living in the cockloft for around two or three years. Wan Cheung’s maternal uncle was a sailor before the war and landed in London around the same time as the fall of Hong Kong in December 1941, only returning home when peace was restored.