Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Avenida da Praia Grande, Macau

Following on from the distant view of Macau, we next have a close up as the bad guy'scar drives along the praya. There are a few landmarks to spot if you know your Macau geography including the St Lawrence Church (Igreja de São Lourenço) that can be seen with it two square towers facing the outer harbour area (left background of the second image, centre of third).

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Macau Peninsula

As part of the wind down towards the film's finale, the story moves to Macau and the first establishing shot we see is a view of the peninsula with Penha Church dominating the skyline. If only that was still the case.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Lockhart Road, Wanchai

As Wang Yu follows the baddies car away from Kellet Island the cars can be seen turning left onto Lockhart Road at the intersection with Canal Road. How do I know this is Canal Road? If you look at the right hand side of the later images you can see the red squared wall of the B.A.T factory building. Looking at aerial photos it is quite clear that the B.A.T building had a rear annex that was connected to the main building via what appears to be a walkway. This rear annex occupied the space now filled by Lockhart House on the corner of the plot demarcated by Canal Road, Jaffe Road and Lockhart Road.

Another interesting factoid is that the wikipedia page for the Bowrington Canal states it was covered over in the 1970s when the flyover was constructed, however, the aerial images from 1967 show that the covering of the canal had already been completed by then, and it looks as though it was done already for when this film was made as there appears to be no evidence of the open canal in the first image below. Sadly I can't find any images between 1964 and 1966 for that area to pin down when the covering was done. The 1963 Govt aerial images show an open canal, so it's safe to assume the canal was covered some time between 63 and 66.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Kellet Island

Next up is a scene filmed at Kellet Island. We see a small boat containing the gang boss approaching from the typhoon shelter before everyone gets into a car parked nearby and drive off along the causeway connecting the former island to Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Wang Yu is observing from his car parked in the Yacht Club carpark.

On the left hand side of the middle image you can see the old red-coloured B.A.T factory building that I was talking about in this post. This is important because it helps identify the next location.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - View over North Point

Another wide angle view across the harbour, this time from the North Point area looking beyond towards Hung Hom and the old Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock area that later became the Whampoa residential estate. The focus in the film is the ship that is slowly making its way into harbour because it is supposedly carrying several tons of illegal gold being smuggled by the gang.

It seems that the film used different ships at different points of the film - understandable given the to'ings and fro'ings of the harbour. I believe the ship below is the RIL "Straat Fremantle", which was a passenger carrying freighter that operated Japan and South Africa with a stop in Hong Kong on the return leg (most likely it was travelling from Japan which is why it entered the harbour from the east in this scene).

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Peak Cafe, The Peak

Once at the top of the Peak, the pair go to the nearby cafe for a drink and some revelatory conversation.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Upper Peak Tram Terminus

We've seen the later incarnations of the upper terminus from the current "flying wok" to its UFO like predecessor. I believe that the version you can see in this film was built in the 1920s and lasted all the way until the 70s when it was replaced by the aforementioned UFO shaped viewing tower.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - View over Central

After escaping their pursuer, the pair board the peak tram and it's here where they find they have something in common. The scene starts with a great view across Central from above the Peak Tram railway from what looks to be the May Road bridge looking down to the bridge at Magazine Gap Road/Bowen Road. There's lots to see such as the older version of Estoril Court (the kinked high rise on the left), Brewin Court (this side and left of the bridge) as well as the old Commodore's House at 5 Bowen Road (partially hidden by the trees on the right).

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter

After evading their pursuer along the waterfront of Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter, we are given a view of the shelter but this time from the northern waterfront in Tai Kok Tsui. The northern shore back then was Cherry Street.

Asia-Pol Secret Service - Wang Yu (1966) - Ching Ping Street, Yau Ma Tei

Next up is Ching Ping Street as the pair walk along the old waterfront at Yau Ma Tei. Ching Ping Street still exists as a much reduced version of itself - a small side street that runs a short distance parallel to the now much larger Ferry Street extension. We've actually seen this road many times before but in older posts I referred to it as Ferry Street to avoid confusion (examples here and here). Joining with Ching Ping Street were a couple of side streets that have since disappeared thanks to the redevelopment of the area into the "Prosperous Garden" government housing estate. One was Lee Tat Street, perhaps better known to those familiar with my Bruce Lee posts as one of the old locations of Yip Man's Wing Chun school, and the other was Cheung Shui Street.

In following images, the building in the foreground was located at the corner of Cheung Shui Street. That big red smudge on the side of the first floor balcony can also be seen in the posts I linked to above - not surprising given that they were all shot around the same time.