Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin

Another car chase ensues as the pair manage to escape being killed by the staff of the company they just visited. This shot below shows both cars driving east along Lung Cheung Road next to the Wong Tai Sin Resettlement Estate. The road marks the split between the upper "low cost housing" estate (on the left) and the lower "resettlement" estate (on the right). Here's the same view today: GoogleEarth.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Tung Ming Street, Kwun Tong

Agent 009, along with his newly acquired sidekick (Lee Kwan) who he first met when he was arrested, heads off to the company where the two assassinated agents worked. The building where the company was based was located on Tung Ming Street in Kwun Tong. The initial view below, looking up Tung Ming Street, is remarkably similar today. The building on the left is the St. John the Baptist School. However, the building the actors go into, located on the corner with Yee On Street, was replaced by the Kwong Ming Building in 1987.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Clearwater Bay Apartments, Ka Shue Road

Agent 009 is staying at a "hotel" that was in reality the relatively newly built Clearwater Bay Apartments on Ka Shue Road. This development, consisting of four buildings (making up eight blocks) was built in 1963 and look to be still going strong. Just by looking at the slope in the background I can tell that the building used for the film was Block G and H - the furthest from Clearwater Bay Road.

The lowest image shows Margaret Tu Chuan (she was to tragically commit suicide a couple of years later) who plays the main female baddie, as she gets out of her car. In the background is Junk Bay when it was still filled with water rather than concrete and highrises.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Shaw House, Movietown

009's investigations lead him to "Club Fantasia" where one of his fellow airplane passengers works as a singer. It turns out she is indirectly mixed up in the counterfeit dollar conspiracy via one of her band members. The club didn't exist in real life because anyone with any knowledge about Shaws will be able to recognise the curved lintel and blue tile surround of Shaw House in Movietown.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Yau Ma Tei Police Station

Once arrested, 009 is taken to Yau Ma Tei Police Station where all is explained and he is set free and begins to liase with the local police. This place made the news recently for being a major attraction for Mainland Tourists. I suspect it because it has featured in so many films over the year. Good news for film tourism, and I hope the Govt sees the benefits.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Clearwater Bay Road

009 eventually decides to pull over on Clearwater Bay Road where he is harrassed and then gets into a fight with the police. The bad guys look on as he is arrested and it seems to allay their suspicions that he is some sort of secret agent.

Anyway, the location for this squabble is where the Hang Hau Road and Clearwater Bay Road roundabout now stands. The first image shows us looking more or less north, as the cars and bikes drive down the road towards the turnoff for Silverstrand Beach Road.

We can actually identify a few of the buildings even though they no longer exist in this form. In the top image on the left we have a building that was called "Villa Placida". This place is also called "Chocolatier" on some maps and has been sitting empty for a long time - making it popular with Urbex peeps. (see here). 

In the second image the camera has panned slightly to the right showing a blue trimmed building on the right hand side. This is the original house located at 1 Silverstrand Beach Road. On older maps it's marked as P.I.M.E House, which makes me think it might be owned by the Catholic Church. However, this building was redeveloped - so perhaps it was sold and redeveloped privately? If you know, please feel free to comment.

In the last image we are looking the other way, down the road with the beach turnoff on the left. There are three properties that are (almost visible). On the left we can see what looks to be the car port of a property that was called "Clearview". It has since been developed into a small development called Sussex Lodge. Sitting on the hill in the centre is the previous version of a house that with no name or number. I only know it occupies Lots 281, 282 and 282EXT of DD224. This might be enough for the postman, but it does make you wonder who lives there. The final house on the right is the former property occupying 836 Clearwater Bay Road. This place has long gone and been replaced by a massive house and perimeter wall.

Once again my Google marker is snapping to nearby buildings, it's not intentional and is beyond my control it seems.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong

We're back on Waterloo Road again, but this time at the very far north end as 009 leads the cops off on a high speed chase. In the top image as he goes around the bend you can see the (still standing) Luso Apartments on the top right (Block B is the next, separate building along). This view is now obscured by newer developments along the main road. This was once part of the "HSBC Estate" for bank employees.

The second image shows us looking up the road as the car goes past the camera. There's a big open space to the right which would eventually became the Broadcast Road development.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Lancashire Road, Kowloon Tsai

We really are seeing a wide variety of locations on this car chase. Agent 009, realising he is being followed, decides to cement his bad boy reputation with the bad boys (to try and convince them he is not an agent) by getting into a chase with the police. So he speeds past them on Lancashire Road and a couple of bike cops take the bait.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong

It took me a while to recognise this street because it has changed so much...but then again the main property seen here is still around. It's the former "Senior Officer's Residence" at 1A Cornwall Street. It was part of the former British Garrison and still has its War Department "Defence Lot" granite marker stones along the outer wall. It's now supposedly occupied by someone from the PLA but after an external renovation circa 2013 (not long after I moved nearby) it has since become rather scruffy and dirty in the way that buildings do in Hong Kong's harsh climate. Does anyone know who is here? You can just see one of the original Kowloon Tong villas to its right - however, I think this house was replaced soon after this film was shot by the property currently occupying the site.

The red garage door belongs to 22 Kent Road - later famous for being turned into the "Take One" night club where Anita Mui was assaulted by a gangster who was later shot and killed on his hospital bed. This was in the early 90s. Since then it has served as a private temple and for as long as I can remember has been sitting empty awaiting new use. As I write these words some scaffolding has been assembled on the site so it looks like someone may have successfully bought or leased it. Time will tell.

Finally, the building in the distance at the far end of the road is the original Baptist Hospital building. The block still exists but was been subsumed into a much bigger development. Actually, as I speak the hospital is redeveloping that area so the original block will be no more in a few months I think.

Inter-Pol - Tang Ching (1967) - Princess Margaret Road, Ho Man Tin

We continue along Princess Margaret Road and in the background is a building still around - the "Maryknoll Sisters Centre". You can just about make out the large cross that has been shaped into the window aperture above the main entrance.