Whicker's Orient - Alan Whicker (1972) - Pak Shek Au, North District

As mentioned in an earlier post, Whicker's Shaw episode coincides with the filming of The Water Margin and he heads off to a location shoot at Pak Shek Au to interview David Chiang and his brother, Paul Chin Pei. I've included this location a few times before because it was one of the favourite outdoor locations for many of the period set movies, consisting of a large expanse of low rolling hills. The British Colonial govt used to refer to this whole area as the "North Downs" and it was a popular place for the British garrison to practice maneuvers due to it's complete lack of development. Fear not though, the intrepid current government plans to turn the whole area into its much touted "Northern Metropolis"...

To be fair, it's not the empty hinterland it once was and much of it these days is filled with the usual New Territories detritus of dumped storage containers, recycling factories and heavy machinery parking spots.