Ng Chiu Pang

Biography

Ng Chiu Pang was born in Hong Kong in 1954 and is the son of a father who worked for the Education Department as a teacher. He is one of the twenty-sixth generation of the Ng Clan in Nga Tsin Wai, belonging to the Ng Fung Ko Tso sub-branch of the fourth branch of the Ng Yat Un Tso family line. Ng Chiu Pang’s family was an indigenous owner of four ancestral houses. Ng Chiu Pang spent his childhood in Happy Valley and returned to his home village with his parents at every Spring and Chung Yeung festival holidays to pay his respects to his ancestors. He completed his primary schooling at Maryknoll Fathers’ School before attending St. Joseph’s College. After completing Form 3 there, he furthered his studies in the U.S. at the University of Kansas, majoring in civil engineering. In 1978, he returned to Hong Kong and worked as a railroad engineer. After his father passed away in 1996, Ng Chiu Pang became the executor of the older man’s estate. For over a decade since then, he has been involved in negotiating with property developers, district councilors and the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) about the acquisition and conservation of his family’s ancestral houses. In doing this, he has assumed his father’s role as the manager of Ng Fung Ko Tso where he oversaw the tai gong (ancestral estate) properties and endeavoured to promote democracy and legal awareness of the ancestral trust. Ng Chiu Pang’s experience of living overseas has helped him to develop a stronger sense of belonging to his home village. As a result, he frequently returns to Hong Kong to take part in the affairs of the village.