There is very little available information about Mei Chiu Theatre except that it was located somwhere in Hung Hom in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Google search does not show any building in Hung Hom by this name. Please ignore the location marker on this map.
Seating capacity: unknown.
Address: Castle Peak Road, Tsuen Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Precise location of the theatre is unclear. The source link listed below shows a street view of the area at Circle Park next to Texaco Road Flyover; however its location marker is at the junction of Castle Peak Road and Tsuen King Circuit. It is said that the theatre was adjacent to the Tsuen Wan Amusment Park, however it cannot be located using Google search. The marker placed on this map, located at Circle Park, is preliminary.
Seating capacity: unknown.
Address: Luna Park, North Point Road, Hong Kong. Please note the park is no longer in existance due to housing development after the park was closed. The park's area corresponds to the area centering around the present Yuet Yuen Street in North Point. The Gwulo page about the park is at: https://gwulo.com/luna-park#18/22.29100/114.19566/Map_by_ESRI-Markers/1…
Seating capacity: unknown.
Address: Somewhere near Central Market in Cenral, Hong Kong placing it in the vicinity of Des Voeux Road Central, Queen's Road Central, and Jubilee St. An approximate marker is shown on this map.
Research by Cinema Treasures shows that Kok Sun Garden Theatre operated on December 3, 1902 near a garden in Tsim Sha Tsui in Kowloon. Later that month on December 16 it moved to a site near the Central Market in Central, Hong Kong.
For simplicity, since both theatres occupied the same hall but operated in different periods, both are discussed here.
Seating capacity: 1,274. Address: 4, Wah Lok Path, Wah Fu Estate, Hong Kong.
Fortuna Theatre started operating on January 26, 1979 in the Wah Fu Estate which is a public housing estate on the southwest part of Hong Kong Island. In early 1994, the theatre was twinned with one auditorium in the stalls and the other in the balcony section of the theatre. It was temporarily closed in March 2000, and reportedly re-opened for a few days in subsequent years.
Seating capacity: 1,243
Address: Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Hopewell Centre is the current occupant at the site.
Hong Kong Grand Theatre operated during the period May 22, 1958 - September 19, 1976, except for a temporary suspension in the early 1970s. Prior to its operation, another theatre operated at the same site, called Grand Theatre / 香港大戲院, during the period 1910-1956 - https://gwulo.com/atom/28662 and https://gwulo.com/node/38585, considered as 1st generation Grand Theatre.
Seating capacity: unknown
Address: 140 Holywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
According to one source listed below, Hei Loi Garden was Hong Kong's first "電影院" which means "cinema" in English. However, the title may actually belong to another theatre. Word for word, 電-影-院 translates to electric-project or shine on-hall, the Chinese customary way of using compound words to name something new, technology in this case, instead of creating a new single word. I wonder it this theatre was the first in Hong Kong to using electric movie projectors.
Seating capacity: 2 screens, total 1,444.
Address: 198 Junction Road, Wang Tau Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Available information shows that the theatre was on the third floor of the Lok Fu Plaza Second Phase, and it operated from some time in the 1990s to the 2000s.
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Seating capacity: unknown.
Address: Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay Hong Kong, about the southeast corner of Yee Wo - Pennington intersection.
Address: 8* Austin Road West (West Kowloon reclamation area), Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location marker is determined by Google Maps. Knowledgeable locals can help me zero it in on this target.
(* edit: July 6, 2020 - Location marker moved to west side of Canton Road as per discussions beow)
Capacity: The cinema has a total area of 200,000 square feet no doubt by far the largest foot-and-tire print of all the Hong Kong theatres. Its features, described by Cinema Treasures, are worth repeating here:
