Sky Room - Wanchai 1957

A great view of 50s Wanchai from the perspective of a US sailor. Guessing Luard Road or Fenwick Street. The old white building in background is still there (though abandoned) on Kennedy Road

Sky Room  is listed in a very interesting agenda for U.S. naval officers on the USS Kimberly visiting HK in September 1952 under DANCING

1. Sky Room
2. Hong Kong Hotel
3. Paramount Ballroom*
4. Hennessey Ballroom*
5. Lido Dance Hall*
 
* Dancing girls furnished per hourly rate.
http://www.koreanwar-educator.org/topics/branch_accounts/navy/uss_kimberly/p_kimberly.htm

The Chinese Reds have been known to use girl informers who frequent bars, restaurants, and hotels. Guard your conversation at all times.

OUT OF BOUNDS AREAS Certain areas in Hong Kong are "out of bounds". A man from the USS BOYD was found dead in an "out of bounds" hotel room a few months ago. Other men have been victims of pickpockets, poisoning, and beatings in those areas. The "out of bounds" areas are:

1. a. Corner of Hennessey Road and Queens Road to Wanchai Road, thence to Queens Road East and Kennedy Road, thence to Victoria Barracks, thence to Corner of Hennessey Road and Queens Road.
2. b. Corner of Johnston Road – Wachai Road to Tin Lane. Then Via Wanchai Road to Johnston Road.
3. c. The squatters shacks and the area bounded by Blue Pool Road, Sing Wood Road and Tsun Yun Street to Happy Valley.

For safety do not go ashore alone. Always go in pairs or in larger groups. Do not ride in rickshaws after dark and do not ride in sampans alone when "under the weather."