After picking up the briefcase from the hotel, the taxi takes Hsin Li further north and drops her off on Tai Hang Tung Road, just north of Boundary Street. She alights right next to a set of steps that lead up into Yau Yat Tsuen. This area has actually changed relatvely little. The only big change is the redevelopment of the Tai Hang Tung Estate in the background. The estate still exists bit with more modern blocks replacing the old H-shape ones you can see here. Long time readers may remember that this very same road appears in
Narazumono here. And I also did a modern day comparison
here. This scene is actually filmed a little further to the south, opposite the petrol stations that still exists.
The steps lead up to Marigold Road in Yau Yat Tsuen and are mainly used by students at the adjacent
Yau Yat Chuen school (note: Tsuen and Chuen are pronounced the same way and are just two ways of writing the same word. Cantonese sadly never underwent a uniform romanisation in the same way that Mandarin did with Pinyin and is one of the reasons why Hong Kong place/road names are all over the place in terms of spelling).
Tai Hang Tung Estate
Shell still has a garage hereTai Hang Tung Recreation Ground in the background
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