Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Adam Baldwin (2000) - Duk Ling

Anyone who has been reading this blog for any length of time knows that I also like to sometimes include "moving locations". In this case it's the famous "Duk Ling" tourist junk that was once a very common sight moving up and down the harbour. When I first moved to Hong Kong in 2006, I was told that the boat was owned by a guy (Pierric Couderc) who was paid a large amount of money by the Government to just sail it up and down the harbour everyday so that people could take photos of it. It was then later, up to 2014, used a few days a week to provide harbour tours until it sadly sunk in Aberdeen Harbour during a particularly nasty typhoon that same year. Don't worry, it was sold, raised from the depths, restored and relaunched the following year.

We have actually seen it before on the blog because I featured it nearly 10 years ago when I was covering Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Long term reader and friend, Gweilo8888, has a very informative comment on that post which details a it more about the boat's background, so please click the link and have a read.

In this film, it is owned by Mr Wong, the enigmatic tour guide (played by veteran Chinese actor, Tseng Chang) who turns out to be a master of Chinese medicine as well as a kung fu master charged with protecting the "Tiger" (yeah, another part of the overly complicated plot).
 

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Jason Scott Lee (1993) - Kennedy Town, Hong Kong

A nice angle of Kennedy Town at the far west of Hong Kong Island taken from the harbour as a fishing junk sails by.

Some of the buildings we can see along what is Kennedy Town Praya are still around, but some have also been replaced since the film was made - to be replaced by even taller residential blocks.

One thing has has disappeared for good is the sight of these traditional fishing junks, however, our good friend wikipedia assures me that the one we can see above is in fact the Duk Ling, so you can still come here and actually get on board. Unlike its rather fake looking counterpart - the Aqua Luna - the Duk Ling does have an authentic history as a fishing junk before restoration.

I'm told (but can't confirm) that before the HK Tourist Board chartered the boat for actual cruises around the harbour, the Govt paid the owner a massive fee just to have the thing sail up and down the harbour front all week.