Agent Z-55 manages to evade the police on land and steal a boat from the end of Paterson Street. I didn't recognise the road initially but was able to identify it thanks to the metal arch above the gate (image 5) which has the Chinese name of the street - 百德新街. Looking at old maps there was a small pier here with a navigation beacon at the end marked as "P.P 45". In the film it quite obviously says "Private Pier" so that would explain the P.P., but I wonder who owned it? It looks as though it had gone by 1970, that whole area is no longer waterfront.
The buildings in the background of the images are all still around. In the last two images, on the right, is Riviera Mansion - it still has its red/white colour scheme - and on the left we can see Prospect and Welcome Mansions. Weirdly, the buildings appear to be in better condition today than they were back then, but that might just be the image quality.
Please feel free to share if you are old enough to remember when they allowed parking down the middle of the street.
Private Pier 45 and its navigation beacon (at the top of the pole?)
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