Angel Force - Moon Lee (1991) - Hebe Haven, Sai Kung

After spending most of the last hour or so in Thailand, the movie switches back to Hong Kong for its denouement as the remainder of the team find out who the mole was that has been betraying them from the get go. The scene starts with Moon jumping down on to Hiram's Highway. The location is at the bottom of the steps from the Pak Sha Wan Village Hall. The brickwork at the side of the road looks the same today.

She then runs across the the boatsheds that line the waterfront and this is where the final fight takes place. From the signage and size of the shed it looks like it might be "Regatta Yachts" today. But that's just a guess. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you know the exact location.

Operation Lipstick - Cheng Pei-pei (1967) - Clearwater Bay Road, Sai Kung

In a scene following the discovery of the statuette contains the microfilm, the main characters head back into town to inform the police. Their car is stopped at a junction between two roads.

This scene was filmed at the junction between Clearwater Bay Road and Hiram's Highway. This area now has multiple lanes criss-crossing each other but, as you can see, back in the mid-60s (and later) it was a simple T junction with Clearwater Bay Road heading off to the left and Hiram's Highway curving down the slope towards Sai Kung. It looks like there was a roundabout here but that was just a grass island separating the up and downhill lanes of Hiram's Highway.

Le Monocle Rit Jaune - Paul Meurisse (1964) - Hiram's Highway, Sai Kung

Before I move on to a new film I still have another couple of "pandemic" finds from Le Monocle rit Jaune, courtesy of a revisit I did during those frustrating (and seemingly pointless) days of semi-captivity.

This one will be of particular interest to anyone who lives in Sai Kung because it shows the town-end of Hiram's Highway before the reclamation that the China Paint factories (and a few other developments) now sit on. In the film, I seem to remember the following scene - as Le Monocle (Paul Meurisse) catches a ride on the back of a tandem bike - was supposed to be in Macau.

Anyway, marvel at the open area in the background. If you are curious as to what the same place looks like now just click this link to GoogleEarth. The village in the low area in the first few frames is Fui Yiu Ha.

Forced Vengeance - Chuck Norris (1982) - Hirams Highway, Sai Kung

We also see a fair bit of Sai Kung in this film because the Paschal's house is here giving way to lots of scenes of their car driving up and down the roads around the town. Here is the first one from the start of the film when we see Chuck's taxi take him from the airport to the Casino.

Yes, once again movie-land strikes again with its illogical geography. We see Chuck get in a cab at Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon, driving down Hirams Highway in Sai Kung and the arriving all the way back over in Tuen Mun for the casino scenes. I would love to have seen the fare for that particular journey!

In the top picture we can see some steps on the pavement on the right hand side (just to the right of the taxi). That's good because it allows us to identify the stretch of road we are looking at. You can see the same steps in the Streetview picture below (in front of where the blue wall starts).

As the car goes by the camera pans after it to the right and we get the view we see in the second two screen captures. Believe it or not the two buildings behind the red/yellow signage on the right are still around. There is also a third building still around and it is the one on the left with a stepped roof and orange roof tiles in the screen grab. You can just see it in the Streetview below but its now standing by itself and has discoloured somewhat in the last 30 years.

Moving on and I figured we should bunch all these screencaps together because as the taxi makes its way back we get a brief glimpse of Hebe Haven.

Okay, so we are given a big clue as to the location courtesy of the pier in the harbour. It's still there but so is the large white building we can see just at the back. It looks to be a commercial property but is currently empty according to Streetview (with a bog X Dive sign on the front). I'm not a Sai Kung resident and only really venture in to join a dive boat (and I try to avoid the town for much the same reasons I try to avoid Discovery Bay) so don't know it so well but I am sure there are people out there that know what it was or is. Anyway, here is my best approximation of the location.