Gong Guan Sauna 1

1.  A reader wrote in yesterday to inform us of a new gay sauna opening in Hong Kong in May 2017.  It will be in the Yau Ma Tei / Jordan area. "Gong Guan" can be loosely translated as "Man Mansion" or "Man Gathering Place" or something like that.

2.  The poster appeared in a Chinese language gay site and the link is here:

https://sogayhk01.wordpress.com/2017/04/23/%e5%8f%88%e6%9c%89%e4%b8%80%e9%96%93%e6%96%b0sauna%ef%bc%81/

3.  Another reader provided an English translation today (underlining and bold print by FuelMix):

As you may be already aware, in mid-May there will be a new sauna opening in Yau Ma Tei or Jordan area.  It is called Gong Guan (meaning Public Mansion) - see the poster and its design.  The sauna is rumoured to target mature guys (younger guys are of course welcome there).  As the Dad bod type guy is in, mature guys with a slight belly and designer stubble are well sought after.

The author supports the new sauna.  Aside from being a new outlet for gays, the sauna is being promoted by its hosts.  The sauna gets the author's approval [literal translation is "respect" but that word may be too far away from the context].

4.  If any reader finds out the exact address, please let us know and we'll publish it.

5.  We have 5 preliminary comments:

1. If it is in the Yau Ma Tei or Jordan area, it is likely to be in an old building, circa 1950;
2. If it is targeting mature guys, we would be pleasantly surprised if it was open 24 hours.  When we did a review of KK Fitness in Jordan a few years ago, the ageing clientele were falling asleep in the afternoon;
3. There would then be 3 saunas in the Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, Yau Ma Tei areas catering to the mature crowd - namely, Galaxy, KK Fitness and Gong Guan. (QQ Fitness in Wanchai also gets a mature crowd).
4. We wonder whether Gong Guan sauna may be the new incarnation of the very famous (notorious..?) gay bath house known as Yeuk Tak Chee.  This was in the Prince Edward / Mong Kok area (which is just north of Jordan and Yau Ma Tei).  In the days when gay sex was criminal in Hong Kong, Yeuk Tak Chee, which operated as a traditional Chinese bath house since 1950, was well known as the place to go for massage, pedicures and M2M sex with older Chinese guys and gwailos.  They had private cabins or "resting areas" and we we were told, a customer could discretely request gay porn magazines from the front desk.  Word on the street was that the older guys were excellent cocksuckers (especially the ones who could remove their dentures...)  At the time, it was the only real gay sauna with a specialist clientele - although it never advertised itself as that for obvious reasons.  Yeuk Tak Chee closed in the 90s some time after gay sex was legalized and after the first wave of saunas opened:

• BA Fitness -  Fenwick Street/Lockhart Road,Wanchai;
• Bobson - Hankow Road, Tsim Sha Tsui;
• Central Escalator - SoHo;
• Gameboys - Lockhart Road,Wanchai;
• Rome Club - Ashley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui;
• [      **     ] - Wyndham Street (next to Propaganda's old location);
• [      **     ] - Paterson Street, Causeway Bay, around the corner of what was then Dimaru Department Store and which is now Fashion Square;

**  We can't remember the names.  If anyone does, let us know.

5. For some time, we have been hearing of customer dissatisfaction with the staff  in Rainbow, located in Yau Ma Tei.  This caters to chubs and mature guys.  Gong Guan may be in the same vicinity and apparently will cater to the same crowd. 

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