Monday, April 25, 2022

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Central Piers

Following on from Wang Yu's close call with the car bomb, the next shot shows the some of the old piers that were once located along the 1960's (and in fact stayed there until the 90s) Central shoreline. On the left with the orange coloured flat roof is the old "Outside Harbour Services Pier". It was newly opened in 1966 when the film was shot and, as its name suggests, it served parts of Hong Kong outside of the main harbour area such as Lantau (Mui Wo), and Cheung Chau. Next to it was the slightly older (by about 2 years) "Inner Harbour Services Pier" which served northern Kowloon (Sham Shui Po and Tai Kok Tsui). Finally, just on the right of frame you can just see the corner of the single lane on/off ramp for the old Central Vehicular pier. For reference, that pier was located more or less where the IFC1 tower stands today.

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