As a child Ng Pok Kong only rarely told others that he hailed from Nga Tsin Wai village, simply saying that he was a “Hongkonger”. When required to fill in the native town section of his student handbook, he wrote down “Baoan” instead of “Nga Tsin Wai”. He was curious as to why he did not have an ancestral home like other people. Ng Pok Kong was busy with work when younger and only really had time to devote to village affairs after he retired. This growing involvement slowly gave rise to his idea of tracing his ancestral roots. Ng Pok Kong had learned from his father that his family’s roots lay in Nga Tsin Wai. He consciously thought that he had the responsibility to succeed his father as the third branch manager in retaining Nga Tsin Wai’s memories. Ng Pok Kong has retained a memory of life in the walled village. He recalls how elders like his grandfather and parents used to describe girls as “fecal basket pellets” in the Punti dialect! While cute, such a choice of words carried a hint of blame. After Ng Pok Kong’s younger brother’s daughters were born, he began using this phrase to describe the baby girls despite the fact their father was unfamiliar with the term.