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1969 chatham road near the bulkeley street junction (should be on the right hand side at the traffic light)

One can see the valley hill with a lot of advertisements on the hillside. One just above the bus roof and left of its tail says "hunghom primary school" which was located nearby at the Kun Yam street-Wuhu street junction. On top of the hill was block 15 of the valley road estate as shown in the following map.

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1967_chatham_bulkeley_map.jpg
1967_chatham_bulkeley_map.jpg, by simtang

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Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Wednesday, January 1, 1969
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The light coloured car in the foreground behind the bus looks rather like a Mark 1 Ford Crapi (errr... Capri).  First model year 1969.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ford+capri+mark+1&t=ffsb&iax=images&ia=images

-kpl.

Ford Capri? I think you're right. So perhaps the image was from 1969 or early 70s.

It is indeed a photo from a book called

Life in Hong Kong in 1969  by Redge Solley

Another photo of the place:

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1969_chatham_road.jpeg
1969_chatham_road.jpeg, by simtang

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As Yan Fung Road branches off Chatham Road at the (now non-existant) junction with Bulkeley Street & in both pictures Yan Fung Road is at a higher elevation than Chatham Road in the foreground, I'm tempted to suggest both were taken at the junction of Chatham Road & Wuhu Street.

Having once worked at a location a short distance from the top of Wuhu Street - albeit 50-odd years later, not to mention on night shift - it all looks rather different.

The Ford Crapi (everyone I know who owned one called 'em that - for good reason) looks rather short in the tooth compared to all the other motors in the shot, so am pleased I at least got that right.

-kpl.