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opening, and always had vacant units. In its short operating life, there were multiple minor alterations, such as the removal of the atrium water feature, and the reconfiguring of the shop layouts. In June 2022, Cathay Cineplexes, which operated the cinema multiplex in The Cathay, announced that it would cease operations there, ending 83 years of operation on the site. A pop-up operator, "Projector X: Picturehouse" will operate in the cineplex space instead. In February 2023, the Cathay Organization announced that The Cathay would close for redevelopment in 2023, reopening in 2024, with all mall tenants having to move out by 18 August 2023. The mall currently stands quiet as the remaining tenants move out in preparation of the upcoming re-redevelopment.
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original building. The building was also extensively remodelled at this time, and the iconic Art Deco facade of the building was completely covered in various facade treatments deemed fashionable at the time, compromising the design of the original completely. By the time of its closure and subsequent redevelopment, these later alterations left the once-grand Cathay Building a shadow of its former self, looking cheap and tacky instead of the glamorous modern building that Brewer designed.
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Today, the Cathay houses retail, food and beverage outlets and an 8-screen Cathay Cineplex, which includes The Picturehouse. The Cathay Residences, a condominium development occupying the tower above the shopping mall, opened at the end of 2006. The building has suffered from low footfall since its
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In the name of God, in the name of bygone generations who have welded the Indian people into one nation, and in the name of the dead heroes who have bequeathed to us a tradition of heroism and self-sacrifice we call upon the Indian people to rally round our banner and strike for India’s freedom. We
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In 1999, Cathay announced the S$ 100 million plans to redevelop the whole complex. Cathay Building and the Picturehouse would show its last movie in 2000 before closing for redevelopment. The building was nearly completely demolished, with only a small portion of the main facade, which had been
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outlet in Singapore, which opened in 1982. In 1990, Cathay Organisation opened Singapore's first arthouse cinema, The Picturehouse adjacent to Cathay Building. The main Cathay cinema hall was also lost when it was subdivided into two smaller halls, losing the all the glamour and grandeur of the
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films in Singapore. A new air-conditioning plant was installed in the building in 1948. The colonial government vacated the building to be returned to the Cathay Organisation. The Cathay Restaurant was officially reopened on 1 May 1948 under the management of Cathay Restaurant Ltd.
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call upon them to launch the final struggle against the British and their allies in India and to prosecute that struggle with valour and perseverance and full faith in final victory until the enemy is expelled from Indian soil and the Indian people are once again a Free Nation.
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announced the formation of the Provisional Government of Azad Hind (Free India) at Cathay Building with himself as the Head of State, Prime Minister and Minister of War. The Japanese utilised the building to broadcast propaganda in the
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The first part of the Cathay Building was opened on 3 October 1939 with the 1,300-seat Cathay Cinema, the dance hall and the Cathay Restaurant. On 1 July 1940, the 11 storey residential block was opened for occupancy, with the owners
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entrance to the top of the building's water tower. Its theatre was the island's first air-conditioned cinema and public building, and where one could sit in an arm chair to watch a
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government and the Malaya Broadcasting Corporation. Five floors were occupied by broadcast studios and administration, the two floors by the Ministry of Economic Warfare, and the
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On 9 January 1954, the building reopened as Cathay Hotel with 60 rooms and subsequently expanded to 170 rooms. It had a restaurant, nightclub, swimming pool and shopping arcade.
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Cathay Hotel was closed on 30 December 1970, with the 10 floors had been converted into office premises and the top floor occupied by the Cathay Organisation by July 1974.
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occupied the eleventh floor. The building was the first and tallest skyscraper in Singapore and in Southeast Asia, at a height of 83.5 metres from the
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The replacement building, designed by Paul Tange of Tange Associates Japan and RDC Architects Pte Ltd Singapore, was named
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The redeveloped Cathay in 2006, with the preserved Cathay Cinema facade serving as the entrance to the modern Cineplex.
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The building was refaced in 1978 with a new look by STS Leong. The original design was shadowed by the new facade.
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covered up for decades, was revealed and preserved. This small remnant of the Cathay Building was gazetted as a
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Nanyang University Arch, Nanyang University Memorial and Nanyang University Library and Administration Building
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for conservation on 10 February 2003, and is the only fragment of the historic building that survives today.
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as the headquarters for the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation. Located at 2 Handy Road in the
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The supposed 16 storey (11 storey upon completion) Cathay Building was designed by
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and Former Raffles College, currently the Bukit Timah campus of
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When the war ended in 1945, it served as the headquarters for
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at Cathay Cinema Building in Singapore on 21 October 1943,
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Frank W Brewer. The Cathay Building consisted of the
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Cathay Building is located in Singapore
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Coordinates
1°17′57.5″N 103°50′51.5″E / 1.299306°N 103.847639°E / 1.299306; 103.847639
Cathay Cinema
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Loke Cheng Kim
Loke Wan Tho
Cathay Organisation
www.cathay.com.sg
National monument of Singapore
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
Malay
Loke Wan Tho
Museum Planning Area

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