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The first Cathay Cinema was located at the Cathay Building on 2 Handy Road, Singapore. It was the first air-conditioned cinema building in Singapore, opening on 3 October 1939 with the film The Four Feathers. [2] The cinema had a seating capacity of 1,321 and ancillary spaces such as a women's lounge and a spacious lounge bar. [3]
In 2000, it was closed and partially demolished for redevelopment. Elements of the old Cathay Cinema, including its façade which was conserved as a national monument, together with a modern-day design by Paul Tange of Tange Associates Japan and RDC Architects Pte Ltd Singapore, were incorporated into the new building.
This is a list of cinemas in Singapore.All of Singapore's cinemas are fully digital, with the majority of them equipped with Dolby Surround 7.1 speakers. Most movies are presented in Mandarin Chinese subtitles along with English subtitles for non-English language films, though options for English subtitles-only films are also offered.
Cinemas in Singapore are set to reopen later this month as the city-state takes further steps towards a new post-coronavirus normality. Multiple social distancing and public hygiene measures will ...
It was the first drive-in in Singapore. [3] On the opening night, the cinema screened the 1970 British comedy film Doctor in Trouble. During which the theatre was filled with around 880 cars, with an additional 300 patrons occupying the viewing gallery. [1] Tickets were priced at $30 per car with a maximum of five passengers.
Tan, Kenneth Paul (2008) Cinema and Television in Singapore: Resistance in One Dimension. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-16643-1; ISSN 1567-2794. see website; Uhde, Jan and Uhde, Yvonne (2000) Latent Images: Film in Singapore. Singapore: Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-588714-X; Uhde, Jan and Uhde, Yvonne (2009) Latent Images ...
Singapore’s Changi Airport has fully reopened Terminal 2 following a massive 3.5-year expansion project. And given it was voted the world’s best airport in the 2023 Skytrax Airport Awards, it ...
Developed by City Developments Limited, Lot One was opened in August 1996 as the first major shopping mall in Choa Chu Kang.Like a typical suburban mall that time, it featured a Shaw Theatres cinema, an NTUC FairPrice supermarket, a Seiyu (now BHG) department store, the Choa Chu Kang Public Library, a Cathay bowling alley, a video games arcade, a Food Junction food court and slightly over 100 ...