The basis for the "Sanctum" in the film is a well-known pre-war (built 1931) corner shophouse, Lui Seng Chun (雷生春), located on the corner of Tong Mi Road and Lai Chi Kok Road in Mongkok. It stood for many years falling into disrepair until it was renovated and cleaned up by the Govt and then turned into a placebo TCM clinic by the HKBU. The building was gazetted as a historical monument (giving it full protection* from redevelopment) in 2022.
Lui Seng Chun in 2019
*No one has yet decided to test the limits of Monument "protection", but I predict that if anyone did "accidentally" destroy one of the buildings on the protection list, given they way things work in HK now, I imagine a small fine and a slap on the wrist is pretty much all that will happen.
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