Lei Yuen Mun village have many self-built houses which was defined by the Housing Authority as squatters. Those houses, one storey or two storey, were built along the slope of the hill. Some of them are made of stone and concrete while others are made of tin plates. A majority of them looks very old in the facade, though their interior design may look modern with other modern technology. Along the new promenade beside the typhoon shelter, you can have a grand view on the "three family" village. On the front side of village, many seafood restaurant advertisement boards are hanging. From such scene, we can know that "three family" village strongly depends on the seafood restaurant business. Walking down from the new promenade along the stairs, I am stepping into the concrete path leading into the village. Along the path on the left-hand side, many seafood restaurants are run, which attracts local visitors and foreigners. Since this, other businesses such as the sale of dry salted fishes, squids, sesame soup, special biscuits and the like are also developing here.

I am entering a village along the concrete main path. The most surprising scene is that such restaurants are concentrating in the front side of village. This sort of development is different from the one in Sai Kung. Sai Kung seafood restaurants are mainly run along the Sai Kung Hoi Pong Street without spreading along the narrow, meandering path into the Sai Kung old market town. On the contrary, in "three family" village, those restaurants are growing along the meandering path leading to the Tin Hau temple. Along the path, a chain of seafood restaurants protected by tin canopy constitutes something like a wet market. In this market, other businesses such as small snack stores or baked food stores are growing as well.

Bored by the business atmosphere in the front side of the village, I walk up into the village along the undecorated stairs. Up the hill, many houses are built disorderly. Quite a lot of buildings are abandoned with the growing of long grasses and the accumulation of rubbishes. Walking up the primitive stairs, it is seen that a red sign, defining buildings as squatter, is drawn on the front wall of the buildings. No matter whether they are made of stone or tin-plate, they are defined as squatters. When are they cleared off? Only god knows. Distant from the seafood businesses, none of businesses are developing on the hill. The buildings all are used as shelters, which is very different from the mixed use development in Sai Kung Old market town.

As said that "three family" village is a squatter area, it looks obsolete and primitive in appearance. On the contrary, Sai Kung old market town is defined as a village development area. It looks clean and more orderly. Though both areas can be simply portrayed as fishing village, they are different in terms of social-economic background and planning context.