Mother Ling Baoer; sister Zhou Wenji; sister Zhou Xingxia. In the 1950s and 1960s of the last century, Hong Kong ushered in two waves of mainland immigrants, and 72 tenants appeared during this period.
Stephen Chow, who was born in Hong Kong on June 22, 1962, is a descendant of this group of immigrants.
According to a theory in Hong Kong newspapers, Stephen Chow's mother, Ling Baoer, went to Hong Kong from Guangdong to make a living after her father was imprisoned in 1957, carrying the "Black Category 5" status.
At that time, Hong Kong's manufacturing industry was developing rapidly, but it was not easy for new immigrants to find jobs. They first needed someone to sponsor them, and they also needed a job deposit, which was not easy.
After coming to Hong Kong, Ling Baoer quickly married an immigrant from Shanghai because she had no money to study. They lived in a slum area in Kowloon, gave birth to two daughters and a son, and lived a life of poverty.
A family of five people squeezed into a narrow wooden room, sleeping on canopy beds with bunk beds, and cooked rice with soy sauce as a delicacy.
However, Stephen Chow's parents have always had different personalities. The two often quarreled and even fought.
Ling Baoer was a sweetheart. She finally divorced her husband, and the custody of their children also belonged to Ling Baoer.
This son is Stephen Chow, the second oldest child in the family.
He was 7 years old when his parents divorced.
He has an older sister, Zhou Wenji, and a younger sister, Zhou Xingxia.
In Stephen Chow's memories, although he grew up in a single-parent family, there was no shadow of his childhood, and it was actually quite exciting.