Another version has it that gambling was carried on at Kam Wah Chung and that white gamblers who had caused trouble had been beaten and injured by Chinese; it is also said that opium was smoked there. The Company house was built so solidly in order to shield these two illegal activities from the eyes of the law.
另有傳說是，在京華莊裡有賭博行為，曾有白人賭客因鬧事而被華人打傷，另有人在那裡抽鴉片：為防止這兩件違法事件可能帶來的刑責，才將房子設計成這樣的。