The area pretty much looks the same now as it did back then - perhaps a little cleaner and greener now, but that could just be a result of the video quality of the screen captures. You can even spot the same metal door at the top of the driveway (to the left of Tzi Ma's head in the lower pic).
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Showing posts with label Big Circle. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Wong Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley
Another shot from Big Circle when Pak (Tzi Ma) gets dropped off by the mysterious gwailo. The area is just outside of St Paul's Catholic Primary School - you can just see the sides of the entrance in the screen capture.
The area pretty much looks the same now as it did back then - perhaps a little cleaner and greener now, but that could just be a result of the video quality of the screen captures. You can even spot the same metal door at the top of the driveway (to the left of Tzi Ma's head in the lower pic).
The area pretty much looks the same now as it did back then - perhaps a little cleaner and greener now, but that could just be a result of the video quality of the screen captures. You can even spot the same metal door at the top of the driveway (to the left of Tzi Ma's head in the lower pic).
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Hung Hom Road, Kowloon
A scene with a car chasing Pak as the driver attempts to shoot him. This part was shot along Hung Hom Road in..erm...Hung Hom. It goes right through the centre of the main industrial estate and, as such, we can largely see factory and industrial buildings along the road.
All the buildings that can be seen at the far end of the road have gone, replaced by some school buildings in a couple of instance but some of the land is also still awaiting redevelopment. However, the factory buildings either side of the road in the bottom picture are still around. On the left hand side is the Focal Industrial Centre and on the right, built in the same style, is the Hang Ngai Jewelry Centre. Here's the Streetview showing a distinctly more green view of the road.
All the buildings that can be seen at the far end of the road have gone, replaced by some school buildings in a couple of instance but some of the land is also still awaiting redevelopment. However, the factory buildings either side of the road in the bottom picture are still around. On the left hand side is the Focal Industrial Centre and on the right, built in the same style, is the Hang Ngai Jewelry Centre. Here's the Streetview showing a distinctly more green view of the road.
Interestingly, I have a friend who lives very close to here and apparently all the buildings south of Bailey Street have had height limits set due to an geotechnical engineering cock up when they were boring the large desalination works tunnel under the area.
Yellowthread Street (TV Series) - Bruce Payne (1990) - Po Toi O, Clearwater Bay
In episode 12 - Big Circle - Pak (Tzi Ma) has a contract on his head and heads into rural China to track down the people who want him dead. Except he doesn't really, all he does is head into the far end of the Clearwater Bay peninsula to a small fishing village called Po Toi O which stands in for a smuggler's port on the Mainland of China. Not to be confused with the island of Po Toi in the southern part of the territory (a name that will be familiar to John Le Carre fans).
Here's how the place looked back in the late 1980's.
And here is how it looks on the current Streetview release.
Here's how the place looked back in the late 1980's.
And here is how it looks on the current Streetview release.