Comments on: Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 01:20:53 +0000

Hi Ben – thanks. Actually, this is an old post that I am rejigging and for some reason got fired off as a new one. I’m not complaining as much of my older stuff doesn’t really get read much anyway.

I was back there a couple of weeks ago with a visiting fan and made it onto the third hilltop – the closest I have made it – but still the second hilltop (the actual location) is too densely overgrown to access without some serious machete work.

Will try again in the winter.

Cheers
Phil

By: Ben Kelly

Ben Kelly — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:43:10 +0000

Well done Phil, must have taken ages to put this lot together. Your crowning glory is locating the humped hill ridge line in the Bruce Lee / Samo opening fight scene of ETD.

I wish you would take some pics of the Big Boss house in Thailand, it looks just the same today.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 23:36:37 +0000

Hi #1fan – perhaps you also know the person who wrote this comment on Gwulo:

http://gwulo.com/node/2319#comment-10484

Nice to hear from you anyway.

Cheers
Phil

By: #1fan

#1fan — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:50:44 +0000

i have never seen anyone mentioning what i about to tell. Bruce Lee and his family used to be my old neighbor in Kowloon HK. That was before they moved to the Kowloon Tong. Him and his family were living on the 15th floor Ming Duk Villa Man Fuk Road, Waterloo Road Hill, Kowloon. I was 1 year older than Brandon Lee and we used to take the same school bus to La Salle Primary School. Sometimes Bruce Lee would accompany him to wait for the school bus. I just would like to share.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:28:19 +0000

Hi Martyn – many thanks for the kind comments. I was hoping at least it would give fans something a bit more structured to follow (check out the walking tours of YMT and TST). Sorry though, this blog is HK- & Macau-centric and doesn’t contain any information regarding any other places.
Cheers, Phil

By: Martyn Hamer

Martyn Hamer — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:34:14 +0000

Excellent informative site and very easy reading! so glad you have done this for all us Bruce lee followers, Am visiting Hong Kong in 3 Weeks will check out several of the points of interest, have you any info on Bruces time in Thailand filming the big boss? hoping to visit Pak chong next year. keep the faith .
Martyn.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:02:00 +0000

Hi Paul – great to hear from you again.

Many thanks for the information & correction. So Mau Lam Street is the correct place and is still there – well, that’s great news for fans who want to visit.

Regarding the photo you have a choice – you can either email it to me at oriental_sweetlips ‘at’ hotmail ‘dot com, or you can put the link to your blog here and let me know which photo it is I can use.

many thanks, Phil

A restaurant with a history dating back to 1860 sounds like it is worth checking out and including on the blog at a later point.

By: PL

PL — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:27:33 +0000

Just find out this text that didn’t post when finished on October last year.
Man Lam Street is never existed in the Yau Ma Tei area.
The other flat owned by Old Mr. Lee and it always sharing by kids and relatives before he dies was located in Mau Lam Street. The old building is no longer there but the street did not go as Lee Tat Street.

Mau Lam Street is no disappearing and you can take a Hong Kong style western food in the famous Tai Ping Koon restaurant (founded 1860) in the end of the Street.

By the way, how could I attached photo file to your site or you can picked it from my Blog/ Facebook…

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:13:44 +0000

Hi Paul – Many thanks for the info. Sorry for the late reply but I’ve just got back from overseas and am catching up on the backlog. So as suspected this building is old (for HK at least) but not old enough to be the one that held the Hak Keung Gymnasium. I may take you up on that recommendation next time I am in the area. Cheer Phil

By: PL

PL — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:24:57 +0000

Here are some information about the European Asian Bank Building.

Address: 749 Nathan Road, Mongkok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Year of completion: 1982
Ownership: Stratified Ownership

Ps. The Fung Shing Restaurant on the lower floor is the right choice if you want to taste Classical Cantonese food.