My ancestors have been in Hong Kong for hundreds of years, hailing from a village around the Guangdong province called Pan Lak (spelt against the hakka pronounciation). My family surname is Wan (also Woon or Wen) and the family Association still returns to Pan Lak to pay respects.

From Pan Lak, the Wan's came to the Sha Tau Kok region of Hong Kong and settled a village called Yung Shue Au (descriptive of some of the dense trees in the water inlet the village is situated) which was ideal for farming and fishing. Unfortunately, without the hindsight of knowing future Hong Kong land prices, it is right on the border of China and access is restricted to valid permit holders only. Therefore, the land doesn't carry the same value asthe rest of Hong Kong. One good thing about this however, is it is a very beautiful area which is relatively untouched in comparison. However, with Shenzhen growing rapidly on the other side of the water inlet, the waters are becoming polluted and development may actually occur in the not too distant future.

From Yung Shue Au, members of the village branched out to 2 other areas of Hong Kong. One of these is on the Sha Tau Kok mainland and is the village of Tam Shui Hang. The other is in Sai Kung and is imaginatively called Yung Shue Au. Both of these villages are Wan clan villages, with Tam Shui Hang maintaining very close ties to Yung Shue Au (STK), probably due to the close proximity of the villages.