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Asia Theatre / 亞洲戲院 [1967-1982]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 05:15

Seating capacity 1018.  Address: Choi Hung Road, San Po Kong, Kowloon.

Asia Theatre was located at 4716 Choi Hung Road at the site opposite the current Wong Tai Sin District Police Headquarters.  This stretch of the road by Kai Tak Airport was once called Clear Water Bay Road.  It operated during the period February 4, 1967 - November 1, 1982.  The theatre has been closed.

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Amoy~Broadway (Kowloon Bay) / 淘大戲院~百老滙 (九龍灣) [1987-1995]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sun, 01/15/2017 - 04:08

Seating capacity (original) 621+263.  Address: Amoy Plaza, Amoy Garden, Kowloon Bay.

Amoy Theatre operated during the period October 15, 1987 - October 1995.  The site was redeveloped to Broadway Theatre triplex having capacities of 199, 248 and 254.  It was reported that the Broadway was closed on April 1, 2009 the same time taken over by Cine-Art House.

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Aberdeen~UA Aberdeen Theatre / 香港仔戲院~UA香港仔 [1982-2003]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 05:43

This page, for simplicity, discusses two theatres because they occupied essentially the same space in the building but operated in different periods.  They had slightly different addresses.

The Aberdeen Theatre was located at 17-19 Nam Ning Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, and had a seating capacity of 859.  It opened to business on January 22, 1982 and closed sometime in 1994.

Pei Ho Theatre / 北河戲院 [1934-1977]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 05:01

Seating Capacity 1,476.  Address: 114 Pei Ho Street, Shum Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong.  It is noted that one block south of the former theatre is Pei Ho Building which might give the impression that the former theatre was located there.  I have placed the location at the correct spot which agrees with the red dot in the 1956 map.  (please read reader comments below regarding actual location)

Good World Theatre / 好世界戲院 [1940-1972]

Submitted by OldTimer on Sat, 01/14/2017 - 04:51

Seating capacity 1082.  Address: 199 Tong Mi Road, Kowloon.

Good World Theatre operated during the period February 1940 - November 1972 except for a brief period during the war.  The site is now occupied by residential and shopping developments.  It showed Chinese and English movies at low price.  In the 1950s it was a place to watch Wong/Huang Fei-hung movies, and western movies at 5:30 pm cost 20 cents a ticket.

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