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Luna Park Cinema / 月園戲院 [1950-1954]

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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…

Kok Sun Garden / 高陞戲院 [1902-????]

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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.

Drive-In / 維港巨幕 [2007-2007]

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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: