Thursday, May 2, 2024

Crime Lords - Wayne Crawford (1991) - Sai Yeung Choi Street, Mongkok

After the two are released from the police station, they run after the Chief Inspector who has just released them in the hope that he can help them find the crime kingpin they are after. I believe this to be the view looking down Sai Yeung Choi Street from the front of the police station. For once some movie geography is the same as reality. It was a lot busier at this section back in the early 1990s it seems. These days it doesn't get as much traffic.

There are some signs worth noting here that also give away the location. In the last image you can clearly see the large red sign that says (r-l) 九龍表行. This is the Chinese name for the Kowloon Watch Company (gau lung biu hong) which is still located on the corner of Sai Yeung Choi Street and Nullah Road. Further on is a black and white vertical sign that says (top to bottom) 麗聲戲院. This is the Chinese name (lai sing hei yuen) for the former Royal Theatre which was located where the Pioneer Centre now stands on the right hand side of the image. I believe it closed in 1990 which would mean this may have been the last time this old sign (it was located on the venue's rear side) was captured on film.

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