Thursday, October 1, 2020

The Black Dragon's Revenge - Ronnie Van Clief (1975) - Chak On Road South, Tai Wo Ping

Here's one that I was quite quick to recognise because I actually live not very far away and often walk by. It's Chak On Road South. The sequence in the film is when the bad guys decide to take out all the enemies one by one and the next target is Chan Yiu-lam (陳耀林). He is walking along a deserted road when he is attacked and beaten with poles before eventually getting stabbed to death.

In the top two images below you can see, in the distance, a building painted red with a staircase attached to the side. This was actually the original rear annex of the Society of Boys' Centres The Chak Yan Centre School. The school is still there but this rear annex has been replaced by something a bit bigger. I should add that this view is no longer available because of all the development that has taken place at the northern end of Nam Cheong Street and along Cornwall Street. However, the building is quite easy to see on the "history" section of the centre's website.


The road appears to have been a service road for some of the building sites that were springing up in the area as Cornwall Street was extended from Kowloon Tong to this part of Nam Cheong Street. These days it is a dead end that leads to another service road that provides access to the Shek Kip Mei service reservoir, later built at the back of Garden Hill.

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