I was stationed at Kai Tak in 1977 and lived in Married Quarters at Sunderland Road Kowloon, which was right in front of the chequer board, our MQ's were 3 stories high, our kitchen faced up the IGS approach and as an a/c approached you could tell who the "local" pilots were as they would fly a slightly wider approach, whilst others would follow the IGS religiously. My 2 yr old daughter could soon spot the difference between a Tristar and a DC10 head on. I once flew in the RHKAAF Islander and was in the right hand seat for the landing, we were asked to "expedite" our landing and runway vacating, a heavy 4 jet was following.
In mid '78 we moved up to Sek Kong, missed Kowloon though.
PM