Crowded house: I was born in 1949 in Hong Kong, the 11th of 13 children. My father had two wives and we all lived in a house on Rednaxela Terrace, in Mid-Levels. My mother was his second wife. My father worked at an auctioneer called Lammert Brothers, where Shanghai Tang used to be on Pedder Street. The economy was not good in the 1950s, but my father managed to find valuable items and sell them at higher prices. He was able to provide for us so that everyone ate two eggs for breakfast each day…
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