Isabella - Isabella Leong (2006) - Derby Road, Kowloon Tsai

Another of the Hong Kong-shot scenes from this film occurs at the end as Yan gives Ma a lift to his court date on the back of her scooter. The scene starts on Derby Road with "Scholar's Lodge" on the right, and the old, art-deco wall of #4 Derby Road on the left. After a edit, the scooter then appears not too far away on Chester Road in front of #8 (on the east side of the square) and as they round the crner we know see the other side of #4 Derby Road with scaffolding over it. Given that #4 has been empty for many years and currently has no windows (this is Stage 1 of the tried-and-tested developers' method of demolition - remove all the windows so that Mother Nature renders the building unstable and less likely to attract the attention of the local Antiquities and Monuments Office), it looks like the film maker may have inadvertantly filmed the moment that the windows were all being removed.

Derby Road

Chester Road

Chester Road again with #4 Derby Road back left