Friday, February 17, 2023

Police Story 2 - Jackie Chan (1988) - Kiu Wong Street Industrial Estate, Yuen Long

The seemingly old and deserted factory estate, where the police follow John Cheung to, is still around and located next to the Kiu Tau Wai walled village in Ping Shan. Again, this is still part of the sequence in my DVD version that is missing several key shots, so the quality of my screencaps might vary a little. Some of the older buildings in this scene are still around. In the first image below, we see the taxi driving along Kiu Wong Street and then stop at the corner with Kiu Shing Street. The building (now called "4S City") behind the taxi is still recognisable, or at least its shape is because the exterior has undergone a complete revamp. The building on the far left of the frame, with the saw tooth roof, is still pretty much as it was.


Next up John Cheung crosses Kiu Wong Street at the far end of the estate where the road curves back on itself. The building the gang are holed up in has actually been replaced by a more modern structure now occupied by Crown Motors (the company that imports all the Toyota Crown Comfort taxi cars from Japan), but the smaller building on the other side of it is still around. You can see a similar view here on GoogleEarth.


In that GoogleEarth link, if you swivel the view to the right you will see the old building whose roof the cops use for their surveillance set up. It's the Ying Cheong Industrial Building and appears to currently host a company called "Meco Technology Limited", but how much time the place has left before that's gone as well is anyone's guess.

Directly opposite the cops' observation post is the view below. On the right is the gangs hideout (now Crown Motors) and on the left is another warehouse that has since been replaced.The alley between them is still around but the view towards Ha Tsuen and the hills in the distance are a lot more cluttered these days - just like the rest of the NT.
 

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