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Government houses next to the Argyle Street barracks?  Waterloo Road?

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with checkerboard hill at the back?

I think these 3 tower blocks belonged to the HSBC and being under the flight path at Kai Tak were subsequently knocked down for the construction of the single runway at Kai Tak. See here and here Stonecutters Island cannot be seen. Lion Rock is in the centre of photo.

I think Moddsey is correct. So was this photo taken from the roof of La Salle as well? Was the nissen hut area part of a barracks or was this when the school was still being used as a military hospital?

I am not questioning the decision to knock down these towers, as they did stand up like a menace.  They were much farther away from the new runway's landing path compared to the 4-storey buildings in Kowloon City.  Just curious.  Regards,  Peter

From the aerial photo below, the nissen huts in the original photo appear to have been taken from La Salle College. The tall HSBC tower blocks would have been at the junction of College Road and Nga Tsin Wai Road. The aerial photo also shows the height difference between the HSBC tower blocks and the pre-war buildings in Kowloon City which I assume would have protruded into the arrival and departure paths of aircraft using the reclaimed runway at Kai Tak..

Thanks Moddsey, your explanation and this photo put places into proper perspective.  Regards,  Peter

Here is another view of the same nissen huts found of La Salle College playfield, as part of the 33rd General Military Hospital facilities.