The foot chase sequence in Casse-tête chinois pour le Judoka is a mixture of footage shot over in Kowloon Bay, with the end part filmed in Ap Lei Chau. In one of the scenes we see Sutchuen (Maria Minh) trying to escape her pursuers and there is a small blue and white painted chapel in the background (back right in the below image). This was the original Pentecostal Holiness Church Rousseau Memorial Church on the Ap Lei Chau waterfront.
The church was demolished not long after and redeveloped in Rousseau Heights (亨利閣), an apartment building that still contains a version of the church. It's not clear if the Church organisation developed the building themsleves or sold the land with the proviso of keeping a place of worship on site.

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