Sunday, February 1, 2026

The Young Rebel - David Chiang (1975) - Princess Margaret Road, Ho Man Tin

This is another road that crops up several times. Whilst on a delivery, Xiao Rong decides to save some time by grabbing on to the back of a truck along Princess Margaret Road. The building right next to the road was/is the HKSPCA, although these days that side of the building is used as a big long placeholder for a variety of advertising boards. The building is still there though, as is that great block of rock that can be seen at the side of the road in the first image - it marks a cutting made for the KCR track which is below the road there.



We go back to the same road later in the film during the bike chase as Rong tries to escape the gang on his bike and we see the group go up and down the pedestrian bridge located just before the intersection with Wylie Road. The bridge is still there and relatively unchanged although some lifts have been added on each side where there was once steps. The large building in the background of the lower images was the British Military Hospital Kowloon. It was demolished in the 90s and replaced by "Parc Palais".


The Kowloon Military Hospital is in the background

The low rise building with the pitched roof is the Diocesan Pastoral Centre.

The last view of Princess Margaret Road is this one looking north next to the - then - turn off to Hung Hom. The building work going on behind the retaining wall is where Yu Chun Keung Memorial College is now located. The area behind the truck on the left hand side is now the Pui Ching Road Rest Garden.

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