One of three "castles" built by Eu Tong Sen in the pre-war period, this schloss-style mansion was located on the north shore of Tolo Harbour and caused a bit of a mystery for us on Gwulo/Batgung (can't remember which) back in the day. We eventually tracked it down to a headland now occupied by a large housing development called "Fortune Garden", just off Ting Kok Road. As you can see from the screencaps below, the building was on its last legs by the time this film was shot there and another of Hong Kong's grand mansions soon bit the dust and disappeared. Thankfully, there are some nice photos from the 1960s over at Gwulo and we have films like this to save it for posterity. Incidentally, there is one remaining artifact from the property that is still intact and it's a pagoda located on the headland above the water of the harbour. I have no idea if it has been integrated into the current housing estate or whether it can be reached from the beach. If anyone knows, please feel to comment.
Anyway, Sirmio is the location where Yuen goes to confront his boss only to be followed by both Vickie and the Yuen's crazy former Vietnamese army colleague, Kam, who wants to take revenge for Yuen abandoning him to the North Vietnamese back during the war.
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