Love in Hong Kong - Pauline Teutscher (1983) - Tiger Balm Gardens, Tai Hang

The gang head out to the Tiger Balm Gardens for a day out. As a bit of a Tiger Balm Gardens fan, I can see that the fact that there are scenes around the large mausoleums and "Double Tenth" gate means the rear section of the garden had yet to be sold and redeveloped into Ronsdale Gardens. This was the first section of the gardens to be sold to developers following some in-fighting between the various heirs to the Tiger Balm empire.

The first two images show the old driveway and entrance to the estate. These are still around and look the same, although the front gate is now locked and no longer used.

Everything you can see in the next four images has gone and the space it occupied now forms the solid base for the large podium built for "The Legend".

Here's a few general shots of the old garden. The tiger in the top image below has been saved and is now located outside the remaining walls of the garden. The pagoda was destroyed as far as I know but a replica has been constructed in the Haw Par ancestral village (Zhongchuan) in Fujian province. 

In the next image you can see another relic from the garden that was also saved: it's the cartoon-style tiger with outstretched arms. He is also now on display outside the main entrance to the mansion. Or at least he was when I visited in November 2021.

These following images all show the area I mentioned earlier. It was the rear section of the garden that was sold to a developer and turned into Ronsdale Gardens and included the twin mausoleums (first two images below), and the staircase with the Double Tenth gate and the Haw Par parents memorial pagoda at the top of the steps - both these items contained Kuomintang/Nationalist imagery that would not be tolerated in today's Hong Kong.