Wan Cheung ran a grocery store at the front of the ground floor of his Nga Tsin Wai home after retirement. The house he lived in was subsequently acquired and although he operated a shop on its ground floor, the compensation he received was much the same as that paid to other residents. The property developer only gave him a little extra compensation for the unauthorised structure. Wan Cheung’s children did not want him to work too hard and he took their advice about closing down the shop after he received his compensation. Wan Cheung got along well with his fellow villagers and when the LDC began its acquisition, he was elected to represent the village shopkeepers in negotiations. Villagers often gathered in Wan Cheung’s shop, sometimes waiting outside to go in long before he had opened in the morning! They even stayed chatting until he closed up at midnight. When Wan Cheung first moved into the public housing estate, the residents there used to always close their doors, so he was not accustomed to the formal ambience after the laid-back friendliness of the village. In the early period after he moved out of Nga Tsin Wai, Wan Cheung often returned to chat and have tea with his friends but did not really participate in village affairs aside from attending the celebrations.