I flew S61s in the South China Sea
Zhuhai Heliport. You were so lucky having clear take off areas over the sea than having factories and tower blocks at each end like Xili.
VFR captains at Sumburgh would use a 300 ft. cloudbase to legally fly to the Shetland Basin at 200ft. and return at the same. At night IIRC it was 500ft. and 300ft. I came back one night and was told to hold at Boddom because a Loganaire Trotter was trying to land in the crosswind. The Trotter eventually gave up and said goodbye. After a couple of minutes I asked for onward clearance; silence.
I knew the terrain from Boddom to the field backwards and as we were in contact with ground the I routed towards the field. The cloud cleared almost immediately and there was the airfield. It was noticeable that there was a series of lights going up the tower as the controller clattered back up the stairs.
We then got landing clearance.