The first location is this scene shot in a large private garden somewhere above Hong Kong island. We don't get to see much of the house itself, sadly, but the view from the garden is impressive and I was scratching my head for a while. I did wonder if it was taken from 53 Stubbs Road at the time but the lack of available photography meant I couldn't say for sure. Luckily, the mapping office now makes its aerial photographs available for online perusal and after looking at some shots from the same year as the film, I can confirm this was indeed 53 Stubbs Road.
The site is now occupied by the Gehry designed Opus building - one of Hong Kong's most exclusive addresses - and it seems that all modern online references to the address concern this new building rather than the older, private house. However, in the design brochure there is a mention (on page 17) that the site had been in the possession of Swire since the 1940s and that the house was used by one of the company's executives.
Update 2026: I was lucky enough to be able to tag along on a trip to the Swire archives in Quarry Bay a couple of years back (thanks to David Bellis of Gwulo.com) and asked the archivists if they had any other images of this property, only to be told a very flat no. This is a bit unfortunate given that it was one of their properties, but I guess that' just the way it goes sometimes.
Update 2026: I was lucky enough to be able to tag along on a trip to the Swire archives in Quarry Bay a couple of years back (thanks to David Bellis of Gwulo.com) and asked the archivists if they had any other images of this property, only to be told a very flat no. This is a bit unfortunate given that it was one of their properties, but I guess that' just the way it goes sometimes.
