In the top image below you can see the Hotel Central as the only significantly high(er) rise building in the 1964 cityscape. had the camera panned slightly to the right you would have seen at least the Grande Hotel Kuok Chai and Hotel East Asia as the only other two that rise above the rest in that area.
The building behind Tanba was originally an officer's mess before it was subsequently taken over by the Macau Observatory not long after this movie was shot. I had always assumed that the current museum was housed inside this same building (with the battlements on the roof) but it turns out the whole thing was basically demolished in the mid-90's and the museum facsimile erected in its place. What a shame. I feel the Macau Govt dropped the ball on this one given their great strides for preservation in other areas.
Anyway, let the fighting begin...
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