Built in 1955, this was actually quite a beautiful house and was featured in many home grown local Cantonese movies throughout the 60s. This may just be the last glmipse of it looking half decent because not long afterwards it was bought by the Chinachem group (run by Nina and Teddy Wang) and left to rot in a typical HK way of destroying stuff so there can be no arguments about its demolition.
In a weird, further Jackie Chan link, Teddy Wang went missing not long afterwards and it was rumoured his body was buried here. Wang's disappearance was the inspiration behind Chan's Crime Story movie a few years later.
Following several years of dereliction and use by local kids for BB gun battles, the house was demolished in the mid 00's and replaced by a new development called "South Crest". You can google the old place (use 志樂別墅) and find lots of old images of it, including the golden dragon water feature in the front garden that can be seen in the film grabs below.
Castle Peak Road
Pine Villas (still around) can be seen at the left
Golden dragon water feature
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