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The sources consulted give two Chinese names for the theatre - 百麗殿舞台 and 百麗殿戲院.  Ticket stubs are found in the internet unfortunately they did not print the entire theatre's name.

Without complete street name and number, the exact location of the theatre cannot be identified.  According to source in the Wikipedia's list, it was located what is now the bus terminus.  Accordingly, the location marker is placed on King Lai Path just north of the amusement park.

Seating capacity: 1,060

Address: 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.  Some sources have 533 Jaffe Road as its address, which is on the south side of the same current building the World Trade Centre.

Palace Theatre (Causeway Bay) operated during the period Novebmer 14, 1979 September 1975* - April 24, 1994.  * Correction as per PaulO's note - thanks.

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The location of Palace Theatre could not be confirmed when I first created this page.  This subsequent photo helps zeroing in on the site.  Pei Ho Street ends at Berwick Street.  The photo with the seaman in the foreground shows the theatre was at the northern end of Pei Ho Street.  The playground is now occupied by a residential building.

Palace Theatre operated during the period February 13, 1953 - February 29, 1972.

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Seating capacity: Initially 629; renovation in 1995 led to two screens one with 332 seats and the other with 115 seats making the total 447 seats.

Address: 3 Ngau Tau Kok Road, Tak Bo Garden, Ngau Tau Kok,​ Hong Kong

Oscar Theatre operated during the period June 11, 1987 - late 1990s.  For the purpose of this page, the closing data is estimated to be January 1997.

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Seating capacity: 431

Address: 7-11 Sha Kok Street, Shatin, Hong Kong.  Greenwood Garden Blocks are the current occupants at the site.

Opal Theatre operated during the period August 22, 1985 - second half of the 1990s.  For the purpose of this page, its closing date is estimated to be  January 1998 given that it was still operating in 1997 according to one reader feedback.

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Seating capacity: 1 screen, 1,183; renovation in 1988 led to 2 screens with total capacity of 1,023.

Address: Powe Street, North Point, Hong Kong.  The site is now Olympia Plaza.

Olympia Theatre operated during the period July 30, 1965 - July 27, 1995.

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Seating capacity: 609

Address: Chap Wai Kon Street, City One Shatin, Shatin, Hong Kong

Odeon Theatre (Shatin) operated during the period December 17, 1988 - May 1, 1998.

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• Cinema Treasures: http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/29818
• Hong Kong Theatres Association Limited: http://hktaorg.com/en/cinemahistory.php

Seating capacity: one screen, 1,195

Address: 1-3 Marble Road, North Point, Hong Kong

Odeon Theatre (North Point) operated during the period March 21, 1963 - June 1, 1981.

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Seating capacity: 151

Address: 24-30 Kwun Chung Street, Kwun Chung, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  It was located in the same building as, and next to, the Kwun Chung Theatre which too, has been closed.

A review of the sources shows that there was at one time a theatre named Universal Theatre 民樂戲院 located nearby at 40 Kwun Chung Street, at the street corner with Bowring Street.  It had a seating capacity of 1,131.  While its opening date is not known, it was retired some time in 1993.

Seating capacity: 2 screens, 432 and 456, total 888.

Address: 1 Tuen Lee Street, Waldorf Garden, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong.  Address and location marker are approximate.

Few information is available about New Town Theatre.  The theatre opened to business in the mid-1980s and was closed some time in the 2000's.  For the purpose of this page, the opening and closing dates are estimated to be 1985 and 2005, respectively.

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