Showing posts with label Oi Man Estate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oi Man Estate. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
They Call Her Cleopatra Wong - Marrie Lee (1978) - Chung Yee Street, Ho Man Tin
The truck carrying the illicit cases of strawberry jam stops are a small timber yard at the top of a dead end. The dead end is still around and it is at the end of Chung Yee Street in Ho Man Tin. As the vehicles drive up the road, you can see the long low block of Kar Man House in the Oi Man Estate at the bottom of the road. The building at the back of the dead end would have been part of the old Valley Road Estate, since replaced by a private residential development called "Ultima".
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Bons Baisers de Hong Kong - Les Charlots (1975) - Oi Man Estate, Ho Man Tin
Queen Elizabeth II made a famous stop off at the Oi Man Estate in Ho Man Tin when she made her royal visit in 1975 and the actual footage of that trip was incorporated fairly seamlessly into the film whereby the imposter Queen (a double brought in to hide the fact that the real one has been kidnapped by Mickey Rooney) enters one of the flats and it's occupied by some scruffy dude wearing only underwear.
I'm not sure which block the Queen is walking along in the third picture, but judging from the current maps she was walking along a section of Kar Man House. Clarifications welcome.
The Oi Man Estate was newly opened at the time of the Queen's trip and was being showcased as the model for Govt housing in HK. It looks like the French film crew returned to the same spot for their own shoot and, actually, even today it looks pretty much the same other than sporting a different paint job. Here's a modern day comparison courtesy of Streetview.
I'm not sure which block the Queen is walking along in the third picture, but judging from the current maps she was walking along a section of Kar Man House. Clarifications welcome.
The Oi Man Estate was newly opened at the time of the Queen's trip and was being showcased as the model for Govt housing in HK. It looks like the French film crew returned to the same spot for their own shoot and, actually, even today it looks pretty much the same other than sporting a different paint job. Here's a modern day comparison courtesy of Streetview.
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