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At that time Wan Tho was still an undergraduate at Cambridge University. She proceeded to build the Loke family's first multiplex: the Pavilion Theatre in Kuala Lumpur. In 1937, she purchased a site at Dhoby Ghaut in Singapore where she constructed the modern Cathay Building and developed cinema, hotel and restaurant businesses. When the Cathay ...
The building was the first and tallest skyscraper in Singapore and in Southeast Asia, at a height of 83.5 metres from the Dhoby Ghaut entrance to the top of the building's water tower. [1] 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 film ; a rare amenity ...
The Cathay is a mixed-use 17-storey cinema, shopping mall and apartment building located at Handy Road and Mount Sophia in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore.
Closed in August 2023, The Cathay, located in Dhoby Ghaut, will be revamped and reimagined with a refreshed tenant mix. The building's owner, Cathay Organisation, stated that more details of the project will be revealed at a later stage. [85] The revamp is expected to be completed by end 2024. [85]
Amber Mansions was a shopping centre and residential building located at the curve between Orchard Road and Penang Road in what is currently known as Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore. Constructed in the 1920s, the shopping centre was one of the first shopping centres in Singapore.
The RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus is an international campus of two Irish universities – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin. The city centre hosts several prominent secondary schools that were established during British rule. Founded in 1816, Penang Free School is the oldest English school in Southeast Asia.
Dhoby Ghaut, Orchard: Secondary: CP, DP: 2008: Diploma Programme (DP) students have to take Higher Level (HL) Arts in either Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance, Film or Music. Literary Arts only at Standard Level (SL) was introduced in 2023. The Career Programme (CP) in Visual Arts, Theatre, Dance and Music is offered as well. Stamford American ...
The Museum Planning Area is home to various shopping malls, including Park Mall, Plaza Singapura, The Cathay, Singapore Shopping Centre and The Atrium @ Orchard. More vacant land will be set aside for commercial uses, especially around Dhoby Ghaut MRT station and Bras Basah MRT station. These will be properly integrated and connected with the ...