While the feud surrounding the Yung Kee restaurant made headlines in recent weeks, the leader of the family's Canada-based branch believes nothing beats harmony among relatives.
He flew back to town for a nephew's wedding at the weekend, and yesterday he was joined by about 40 of his extended family members for a special visit to the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in Sha Tin.
"It's so realistic, just like the old times," he said at the museum, which had a display of relics from a family restaurant - the grand dining hall of the Diamond Restaurant. Ten years ago, one branch of his family wound down the Diamond Restaurant chain in perfect harmony.
"We have been very close together as a family all along. Even today, we will all fly back to Hong Kong to gather. A family will only prosper if we are all united."
That makes a sharp contrast to the more recent legal skirmishing over control of the family's famous Yung Kee restaurant, between offspring of its founder's third wife, Mak Siu-chun.
Kam Shui-fai had four wives and 18 children. The offspring of his second and fourth wives - the late Mak Yok-jan and the late Ho Suet-ying - live in Canada.