Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Jason Scott Lee (1993) - Man Shing Ferry

Continuing our recent spate of ferry-related posts, here is one from Dragon that shows us the Man Shing (民昇).

From what I gather from various Chinese websites, the first generation Man Shing was decommissioned in 1969 and I suspect the one we see above was the next generation that was commissioned in the following year. However, I could be wrong - perhaps there was another generation of ferry after the 1970 one? Man Shing did do the trip from Central to Ping Chau at one point, but the one above was one of the HYF ferries plying the route between North Point and Kowloon City.

Man Shing was one of three boats owned by HYF - all with a 'Man' name. They were sold in 1998 and two are rumoured to be still plying their trade in Thailand.

Anyway, I am pretty sure someone out there (nudge nudge, wink wink gweilo8888) can be more specific about the history so in the meantime I can mention that the background in these shots is once again North Point. You can see both ferry piers in the background as well as the old North Point Estate (the lower buildings closer to the shoreline).

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - Jason Scott Lee (1993) - North Point Bus Terminus and Ferry Pier, Hong Kong

As Bruce is preparing to go home, he is chased down by a movie producer (I guess it is supposed to be Raymond Chow). But first we see Bruce approaching the ferry pier. The background is the now demolished North Point Estate. This is where the film makers made a better decision in their location choice because this estate was completed in 1957 (along with the adjoining piers) and was definitely of Lee-vintage.

The metal struts you can see are the supports for the pier roof. The pier itself is also featured as Bruce boards a ferry (in this case the Man Shing) before he is waylaid by the film producer. There are in fact two piers at north point, an East and a West one. I believe (although I'm not sure) that the one we can see below is the west one because it still has the light brown tiles covering the various pillars. However, I've never been to the pier so I can't be sure. If anyone has caught the Bauhinia harbour cruise then this is where those (ex-vehicular) ferries leave from and berth.