PHOTOS SECTION

My grandfather Ying Kam, who was born in 1868, with my grandmother – his third wife, Ng Yuk – and his second wife. I had always been told that Ying Kam had died of a broken heart, but recently Dad said his father had died because he refused to give up his business to the Japanese, suggesting he was killed during the occupation.

A Kwa wedding. Ying Kam stands in the middle behind his daughters, the two brides. My dad, Tak Lau, is in the front row, fourth from the right.

The four children – Clara, Francis, Mary and Theresa – with Ng Yuk (centre)

Dad in Australia. He thinks this was taken in Victoria.

Aunty Theresa’s BOAC days

Aunty Theresa at her shop in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Mum and Dad on their wedding day, with my mum’s sister, Zora, brother, Roger, and parents (my paw paw and granddad)

Mum and me

The only photo of Mum, Dad and me together

Watching over me. Aunty Mary, left, Aunty Clara and Aunty Theresa with her hand on my shoulder

On holiday in Hong Kong. Me in my school uniform, next to Ng Yuk, then from left to right, Clara, Steven, Mary, David, Theresa, Dad and Angela

Dad and me in the sunflower patch, where I would play and hide, and where we shot his rifle

Mandarin Gardens. Our pool and all those balconies

Me, John, our kids and my mum

Jerome, me, Dad and Adrian – House of Kwa