Sunday, January 29, 2012

Soldier of Fortune - Clark Gable (1955) - KCR Train Terminus, Kowloon

A shot from the opening credits of Soldier of Fortune. The angle indicates this shot was taken from the roof of either the YMCA  or the Peninsula Hotel. It was a sad day when the Colonial Administration took the decision to knockdown the train terminus building in 1978.


It's not just the clock tower that can still be seen today, but also the small white tower that once supported the time ball in the grounds of the Marine Police HQ. The hillside it was standing on has been excavated - a terrible, terrible decision in my opinion and is now supported by its own little pillar so that lots of really REALLY useful* high-end jewellery shops can be squeezed into the space around the ground level.

* If you can't tell that I am being sarcastic, then perhaps you shouldn't read this blog.

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