At this stage To Chun-man held the position of Chief Chinese Silks Salesman (專理紗羅綢緞員) for Wing On Company Limited (永安有限公司), although he was later promoted to Assistant Manager (副司理).

[5] See: Preservation The Wan Chai district was one of the earliest developed areas on Hong Kong Island after the first land sale in 1841, where property lots were sold to various firms and individuals.

[6] By 1845, the Wan Chai area (dubbed 'Spring Garden Lane' (春園街) during this period after opium merchant John Dent's personal villa) had been transformed into an exclusive residential district for privileged European businessmen.

[8] As well as embracing the Colonial Eclectic style, Nam Koo Terrace also adopts Classical Revival and Italian Renaissance architectural features combined with traditional Chinese decorations and motifs.

The façade facing the garden at the front of the property is simple and symmetrical in design, and consists of a curved colonnaded porch and veranda similar to that of a temple portico.

This pavilion, in addition to the position of the entrance gate and the asymmetrical building plan, suggest the influence of Chinese feng shui was incorporated in the original construction design.

[3] As a Grade I Historic Building, unpermitted demolition or excavation of the Nam Koo Terrace site is strictly prohibited by Section 6, Part 1 of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Cap.53); a legislative document administered by the Antiquities and Monuments Office under the management of the Home Affairs Bureau within the government's Leisure and Cultural Services Department: "(1) Subject to subsection (4), no person shall- except in accordance with a permit granted by the Authority.

Mr. Thomas Wu, Co-Managing Director of Hopewell Holdings, has stated that: "There is an increasingly strong voice in the society calling for the conservation of heritage buildings and historic sites in Hong Kong.

Hopewell Holdings has heard their opinions and has plans to conserve and revitalise Nam Koo Terrace, a Grade I historic building with 90 years of history.”[5]Nam Koo Terrace is one of the initial 15 sites featured on the newly formed Wan Chai Heritage Trail,[10] which was launched on 27 September 2009 by the Old Wan Chai Revitalisation Initiatives Special Committee (OWCRISC).

Accounts of hearing cries and screams from these said comfort women, have long been circulated by the supernatural rumour mill and have subsequently furthered Nam Koo Terrace's reputation for being a place of paranormal interest.

However, as Nam Koo Terrace was frequented often by Hong Kong's squatting community, these apparitions were most likely the result of actual fires lit by local vagrants using the site for shelter.

On 30 November 2003, Oriental Daily, as well as many other local Hong Kong newspapers; covered a story about a group of eight middle school students who attempted to stay overnight on the Nam Koo Terrace property.

In the days following, local people in Hong Kong thronged to Nam Koo Terrace en masse and the house continued to dominate the headlines of daily newspapers for some time.