Ng Sui Kuen attended school at the age of 5 or 6. It was a leftist school operated on the rooftop of a building. One year later, he transferred to a church-operated school in Wong Tai Sin and studied for 1 to 2 years. Students received free milk powder, bread and biscuits from the school. When Chi Tak Public School was established in 1962 or 1963, Ng Sui Kuen transferred to the new school and studied primary 3. As Ng Sui Kuen was a descendant of the Ng Clan, he was exempted from the entrance examination. He quitted school and left  for Britain before completing primary 6. One of his younger brothers and one of his younger sisters also studied in Chi Tak Public School. His youngest brother studied in the Tai Shing Kindergarten, and his youngest sister studied in the Kit Ying Kindergarten. Ng Sui Kuen’s playmates all came from Nga Tsin Wai, and most of them lived in the 1st Lane. They included the younger brother of the incumbent village headman. When the construction works of the 7-storey buildings in Tung Tau Estate were underway, a pit was formed by piling at the construction site. On rainy days, it became a water pit with the depth of 4 or 5 feet - deep enough to drown a child. Ng Sui Kuen had jumped into the water pit for fun. As a child, he did not consider the mud water to be dirty.

There were many fruit shops on Nam Pin Street in Nga Tsin Wai. The children of the shop owners were his childhood friends. Because his family was too poor to afford the fruits, Ng Sui Kuen would collect rotten apples from the ground and cut them up with a knife borrowed from a fruit shop. In those days, there was a field behind the village. Ng Sui Kuen liked going to Tsz Wan Shan and Chuk Yuen (the current Chuk Yuen Estate in Wong Tai Sin) to catch jumping spiders. At the time, there were many fish ponds and vegetable farms in Chuk Yuen, while the Wong Tai Sin Temple was only a small shrine. When the Sheng Chang Fu Circus performed at the site of the current Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, Ng Sui Kuen and other children would sneak into the tent for a free show.
There was a firing range of the British force in Lo Fu Ngam. The children used to go there to collect bullet shells. The foreigners would give them chocolate and cheese which were part of their military supplies. On the opposite side of Nga Tsin Wai was the British military airfield. When the plane took off, they would sound the gongs and the drivers on the road would give way. An air show was staged once every year at the airfield mainly in the summer. The I-shaped Vampire jet fighters took off in a row and performed aerobatics. Each show lasted for several hours from day to night. The loud noise from the take-off announced the start of the show, the villagers would tell each other: ‘The show has begun!’ Ng Sui Kuen would climb up the balcony of a friend’s home on the 1st Lane to appreciate the show or watch it from the rooftop of the Village Office. It posed no danger to him because he was as agile as a hare. Other villagers would watch the show at the porch of their own houses or on the stone benches at the gatehouse. Later on, the airfield was moved to Shek Kong to make way for the development of San Po Kong.

 

" /> Ng Sui Kuen attended school at the age of 5 or 6. It was a leftist school operated on the rooftop of a building. One year later, he transferred to a church-operated school in Wong Tai Sin and studied for 1 to 2 years. Students received free milk powder, bread and biscuits from the school. When Chi Tak Public School was established in 1962 or 1963, Ng Sui Kuen transferred to the new school and studied primary 3. As Ng Sui Kuen was a descendant of the Ng Clan, he was exempted from the entrance examination. He quitted school and left  for Britain before completing primary 6. One of his younger brothers and one of his younger sisters also studied in Chi Tak Public School. His youngest brother studied in the Tai Shing Kindergarten, and his youngest sister studied in the Kit Ying Kindergarten. Ng Sui Kuen’s playmates all came from Nga Tsin Wai, and most of them lived in the 1st Lane. They included the younger brother of the incumbent village headman. When the construction works of the 7-storey buildings in Tung Tau Estate were underway, a pit was formed by piling at the construction site. On rainy days, it became a water pit with the depth of 4 or 5 feet - deep enough to drown a child. Ng Sui Kuen had jumped into the water pit for fun. As a child, he did not consider the mud water to be dirty.

There were many fruit shops on Nam Pin Street in Nga Tsin Wai. The children of the shop owners were his childhood friends. Because his family was too poor to afford the fruits, Ng Sui Kuen would collect rotten apples from the ground and cut them up with a knife borrowed from a fruit shop. In those days, there was a field behind the village. Ng Sui Kuen liked going to Tsz Wan Shan and Chuk Yuen (the current Chuk Yuen Estate in Wong Tai Sin) to catch jumping spiders. At the time, there were many fish ponds and vegetable farms in Chuk Yuen, while the Wong Tai Sin Temple was only a small shrine. When the Sheng Chang Fu Circus performed at the site of the current Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, Ng Sui Kuen and other children would sneak into the tent for a free show.
There was a firing range of the British force in Lo Fu Ngam. The children used to go there to collect bullet shells. The foreigners would give them chocolate and cheese which were part of their military supplies. On the opposite side of Nga Tsin Wai was the British military airfield. When the plane took off, they would sound the gongs and the drivers on the road would give way. An air show was staged once every year at the airfield mainly in the summer. The I-shaped Vampire jet fighters took off in a row and performed aerobatics. Each show lasted for several hours from day to night. The loud noise from the take-off announced the start of the show, the villagers would tell each other: ‘The show has begun!’ Ng Sui Kuen would climb up the balcony of a friend’s home on the 1st Lane to appreciate the show or watch it from the rooftop of the Village Office. It posed no danger to him because he was as agile as a hare. Other villagers would watch the show at the porch of their own houses or on the stone benches at the gatehouse. Later on, the airfield was moved to Shek Kong to make way for the development of San Po Kong.

 

" /> Ng Sui Kuen attended school at the age of 5 or 6. It was a leftist school operated on the rooftop of a building. One year later, he transferred to a church-operated school in Wong Tai Sin and studied for 1 to 2 years. Students received free milk powder, bread and biscuits from the school. When Chi Tak Public School was established in 1962 or 1963, Ng Sui Kuen transferred to the new school and studied primary 3. As Ng Sui Kuen was a descendant of the Ng Clan, he was exempted from the entrance examination. He quitted school and left  for Britain before completing primary 6. One of his younger brothers and one of his younger sisters also studied in Chi Tak Public School. His youngest brother studied in the Tai Shing Kindergarten, and his youngest sister studied in the Kit Ying Kindergarten. Ng Sui Kuen’s playmates all came from Nga Tsin Wai, and most of them lived in the 1st Lane. They included the younger brother of the incumbent village headman. When the construction works of the 7-storey buildings in Tung Tau Estate were underway, a pit was formed by piling at the construction site. On rainy days, it became a water pit with the depth of 4 or 5 feet - deep enough to drown a child. Ng Sui Kuen had jumped into the water pit for fun. As a child, he did not consider the mud water to be dirty.

There were many fruit shops on Nam Pin Street in Nga Tsin Wai. The children of the shop owners were his childhood friends. Because his family was too poor to afford the fruits, Ng Sui Kuen would collect rotten apples from the ground and cut them up with a knife borrowed from a fruit shop. In those days, there was a field behind the village. Ng Sui Kuen liked going to Tsz Wan Shan and Chuk Yuen (the current Chuk Yuen Estate in Wong Tai Sin) to catch jumping spiders. At the time, there were many fish ponds and vegetable farms in Chuk Yuen, while the Wong Tai Sin Temple was only a small shrine. When the Sheng Chang Fu Circus performed at the site of the current Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate, Ng Sui Kuen and other children would sneak into the tent for a free show.
There was a firing range of the British force in Lo Fu Ngam. The children used to go there to collect bullet shells. The foreigners would give them chocolate and cheese which were part of their military supplies. On the opposite side of Nga Tsin Wai was the British military airfield. When the plane took off, they would sound the gongs and the drivers on the road would give way. An air show was staged once every year at the airfield mainly in the summer. The I-shaped Vampire jet fighters took off in a row and performed aerobatics. Each show lasted for several hours from day to night. The loud noise from the take-off announced the start of the show, the villagers would tell each other: ‘The show has begun!’ Ng Sui Kuen would climb up the balcony of a friend’s home on the 1st Lane to appreciate the show or watch it from the rooftop of the Village Office. It posed no danger to him because he was as agile as a hare. Other villagers would watch the show at the porch of their own houses or on the stone benches at the gatehouse. Later on, the airfield was moved to Shek Kong to make way for the development of San Po Kong.

 

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