Whicker's Orient - Alan Whicker (1972) - Mirs Bay and Tung Ping Chau

Whicker interviews some of the Marine Police responsible for patrolling the northeastern waters of Mirs Bay. Some of the interview covers a newly erected watchtower on the Chinese side of the border. This location (seen in image 2) is actually in the low hills directly north of Tung Ping Chau close to what is now the Shenzhen Kuifong Residential District. In fact the low hills just mentioned are right next to Diefuwan. Image 1 below shows the view looking northeast from the centre of Mirs Bay. The pointy hill in the middle is located near to Yantian on the Chinese mainland side of Starling Inlet.

The rest of the interiew takes place on the beach (Tai Tong Wan) on the east side of Tung Ping Chau where the Marine Police launch has berthed at the pier.

Looking NE towards Yantian area.

The watchtower overlooking Tung Ping Chau

These last 4 images are a panorama of the view looking east from Tai Tong Wan looking towards Mainland China. I believe the original border (from 1898) ran right up to the coastline in the distance but was since redrawn somewhere in the middle. However, I may be mistaken so please feel free to comment.