Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka - Marc Briand (1967) - Hilton Hotel, Central

The Hilton Hotel has featured a few times before on this blog, but I think this is the first time we've seen it from this angle. The hotel was owned by Hutchison Whampoa (later Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Group) but managed by Hilton. It looks as though this scene was filmed in the top floor bar of one tip of the L-shape, looking over to the other tip - hence why you can see the hotel name outside the window. I believe it was called "The Eagle's Nest", but I'm not sure if this was the name of it in 1967? (feel free to comment below if you know). Sadly my very first visit to HK was in November 1995 and I missed the hotel by about 6 months. It had closed in May 1995 and was completely gone by the time of my visit. In fact, the piling work for the current Cheung Kong Centre had already commenced.