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Previously thought to be 7 Carnarvon Road, now confirmed as 14 Carnarvon Rd instead. This is the site of the Grand Hotel - the hotel in which Booth and his family first moved into when they arrived in HK.

Booth notes seeing fortune tellers and the like in the square in front of the temple. He also provides a fairly detailed description of the temple interior.

Timeline for the tower, extracted from the comments below:

We believe this is the hospital Martin Booth refers to in Chapter 3 of 'Golden Boy'. Although not mentioned by name, its proximity and age make it the most likely candidate.

Obviously back in 1952, when Booth first arrived in HK, the impressive terminus building was still standing.

Martin Booth's "Fourseas Hotel" aka Sei Hoi Jau Dim as mentioned in Chapter 3 of "Golden Boy".