Weiße Fracht für Hongkong - Dietmar Schönherr (1963) - Kin Lee Shipyard, Siu Lam San Tsuen

To continue with the theme of lost shipyards (see my last post) here is one from a little bit later (1963). In this case it is the location used for the finale of the German production, Weiße Fracht für Hongkong, as Brad Harris throws himself around various structures kicking bad guys long before Jackie Chan had ever thought of doing it.*

Anyway, it turns out that the Kin Lee Shipyard (建利船廠) was located next to the area that was to become Lok On Pai desalination plant. To be honest there wasn't much around here back in the 60s (and into the 70s) other than the nearby Castle Peak Hotel so it wouldn't surprise me if the production crew stayed at the hotel when they were filming these scenes. I haven't been able to find out much about the company (in fact I don't even know what its Anglicised name was and the one I have used it just a guess) other than a couple of snippets in Chinese newspapers from the 50's that suggested it may also have had a shipyard in Kwun Tong, so if anyone can fill in the blanks please feel free to comment or email.

For the exact location I can only say that it now has a large residential development on it (how many times have I said this before on this blog?) called "Aqua Blue" so if any readers live there they may find this little post of some interest.

* In a nice coincidence, one of the ruffians is played by Siu Tin Yuen, the father of Yuen Woo Ping and the man who made his name in later years as Beggar So in Jackie Chan's Drunken Master.