Royal Warriors - Michelle Yeoh (1986) - Choi Wan Road Quarry

So here we are for the final locations post on Royal Warriors. It's taken me a while but I have managed to track down the quarry where the film's finale takes place. These sort of things are always a bit up in the air due to the time that has passed and the speed with which stuff gets developed in Hong Kong, so it's nice to have a definitive location.

The location was used twice if you'll remember. The first time is the finale to the car chase as Yamamoto pursues Raging Bull into the quarry, but gets himself buried under a pile of earth. It was this sequence that contained some background information to help with the identification and I've included it below (top image). It's the pair of highrises in the background. They're block C and D of Tak Bo Garden near the Jordan Valley.

On old maps this place was just listed as "Quarry" at the end of Choi Wan Road. I have no idea what was quarried here but a fair chunk of land was hollowed out over the years. The cuttings in the hillside that are evident in the images below are still very much around and form part of the neighbourhood which has now been built up inside the old quarry area - namely the Choi Ying Estate and a couple of schools: St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary. 

Tak Bo Garden in the background

To Be Number One - Ray Lui (1991) - Jordan Valley Resettlement Estate, Jordan Valley

In reality, Ng was a prolific drug dealer in the Shek Kip Mei resettlement estate, selling drugs via a network of mobile carts selling noodles. However, I think by 1991 (when the film was made) much of the old estate had already been changed and some of the older blocks had already been replaced by taller ones. As a more authentic-looking stand-in, the film crew were able to use the soon-to-be emptied Jordan Valley Resettlement Estate for the "Shek Kip Mei" fight scene as Ng takes out his main competitor, Gold Teeth Ping (Ng Man-tat).

The estate was emptied in two stages in 1991 and 1996 and the area has since been turned into a small park and public swimming pool. However, some of the infrastructure seen in the film remains including the Jordan Valley River nullah and the main road that curved into the estate (first image).