The 5 Billion Dollar Legacy - Margaret Hsing Hui (1970) - Kowloon Government Offices

The Kowloon Goverment Offices in Yaumatei also contain the Kowloon Central Post Office and this is the next location we see on film as the letters are sent to the sorting office. The establishing shot shows a couple of buildings, the one in the background has the name 平安大樓 (ping on dai lau) which, for those who don't know, is the Chinese name of the Alhambra Building on the corner of Nathan Road and Kansu Street. The building in front with the grey paint is the Govt office. Both buildings are still around.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Nathan Road, Yau Ma Tei

After leaving the airport in the girl's car, there is a rather nice panning shot as the car travels south along Nathan Road at the junction with Gascoigne Road. In the top image the camera is looking north towards the junction with Public Square Street. The small building that looks like a house is actually the old Yau Ma Tei Government School. It was built in 1905 and demolished in the mid-70s - not a bad life span for a building in Hong Kong. The white building on the left hand side, covered in scaffolding, is the Kowloon Government Office building. It looks as though the film captured the building as it was being given its finishing touches as it was opened the same year (it's still there for the time being).

In the lower image you can see the Alhambra building on the right hand side on the corner of Kansu Street. The block of smaller shophouse buildings on the other side of the road was replaced by Honour House and the Hang Shing Building with the old Fortuna Hotel the next building along.

The Chinese Stuntman - Ho Chung Tao (1981) - Alhambra Building, Yau Ma Tei

Ho's character has a friend who is a karate instructor and he goes to his karate school to have a chat. The building where the school was is actually the Alhambra Building at the junction of Nathan Road and Kansu Street. In the first picture we are looking up Nathan Road and the white building in the background is the lower floors of the Kowloon Government Offices. You can also see the Gascoigne Road/West Kowloon Corridor flyover (the road which goes through the nearby Yaumatei carpark).

As you can see the part of the building used in the film is that most northerly bit, right next to the flyover. It looks as though the interior scenes were filmed on location because in the lower picture you can see the square character boards stuck on the outside of the building, as well as the flyover going past the window. It looks as though it might have been turned back into a private flat in the meantime and the front lattice work has all been filled in (actually, it looks like it may have once been a balcony that has since been enclosed - illegally - a common practice in HK to gain extra space).