 Faces Of Asia: Visiting Dragon Garden, A visit to Hai Fat's estate in 'The Man with the Golden Gun |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York  |
5 January 2008 - 06:31
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Now on the CBn main page...
   ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 May 2002 |
5 January 2008 - 12:28
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Fascinating article. I've been to Hong Kong twice, but it never even occurred to me that Hai Fat's place might be there.
 Will have to try and check it out on my next visit. Can't believe it's next to a busy road and hemmed in by skyscrapers, but there's the magic of the movies for you, I guess.THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN is actually my favourite Bond film. I don't say it's the best (that would be CASINO ROYALE) - although it's not far off - but it's certainly my favourite. Anyway, great piece - cheers for putting it up here. 
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 20 February 2005 From: Netherlands |
5 January 2008 - 14:26
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QUOTE(Loomis @ 5 January 2008 - 14:28)  Can't believe it's next to a busy road and hemmed in by skyscrapers, but there's the magic of the movies for you, I guess. I assume you understand that the busy road and skyscrapers came a few years later..  There's also a funny enigma attached to this story, of particular interest to fans from Belgium: On the piece of grass Bond walks when he approaches the pool, I stumbled upon a very familiair little statue of a peeing boy.. Ring a bell? Even Cynthia couldn't explain the presence of 'Manneken Pis' in a Hong Kong designer garden, but was very keen on finding out why her uncle had that particular statue placed in the garden.. I am still waiting for the results of her investigation.. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 2 October 2002 From: Saarland/Germany |
5 January 2008 - 14:51
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Great article and truly fantastic pics, Martin You've done it again.
 And many thanks for providing this gem to CBn.  ~Mr. Stromberg is a very busy man. Blame Daniel Craig for it.~ ------------------- Daniel Craig IS James Bond. ------------------- |
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Commander CMG Group: Veterans Enlisted: 13 May 2002 |
5 January 2008 - 17:30
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QUOTE(onthetracksof007 @ 5 January 2008 - 14:26) QUOTE(Loomis @ 5 January 2008 - 14:28) Can't believe it's next to a busy road and hemmed in by skyscrapers, but there's the magic of the movies for you, I guess. I assume you understand that the busy road and skyscrapers came a few years later.. Since you point it out, yes, although I could well believe that they were also there at the time. After all, it's not a stretch to imagine busy roads and skyscrapers in Hong Kong in the 1970s.  |
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Sub-Lieutenant Group: Crew Enlisted: 20 February 2005 From: Netherlands |
5 January 2008 - 19:38
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QUOTE(Loomis @ 5 January 2008 - 19:30) QUOTE(onthetracksof007 @ 5 January 2008 - 14:26) QUOTE(Loomis @ 5 January 2008 - 14:28) Can't believe it's next to a busy road and hemmed in by skyscrapers, but there's the magic of the movies for you, I guess. I assume you understand that the busy road and skyscrapers came a few years later.. Since you point it out, yes, although I could well believe that they were also there at the time. After all, it's not a stretch to imagine busy roads and skyscrapers in Hong Kong in the 1970s. Your right about that.. Except in this case the location is about an hour outside the 'centre' of Hong Kong (if there is any) and the development around this area is pretty recent. But still it is hard to imagine the road in front of the estate is the same one as Bond and Hip walked upon in the film.. But you should absolutely try to go there the next time you're in Hong Kong, Loomis. Well worth the journey.. |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 25 February 2006 From: Leeds, UK |
5 January 2008 - 20:23
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Fantastic article and photos as ever Martijn. Very informative.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
5 January 2008 - 23:20
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I can only echo the statements made already: a very interesting article complimented nicely with some fantastic pictures.
~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
6 January 2008 - 00:45
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Awesome article and pics! I love this kind of stuff. I really gotta get me to Hong Kong.
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