SINGAPORE - The cinema game is rough. And proof of how rough it has gotten recently can be seen in the coming closure of The Cathay Cineplex, housed on levels 5 and 6 of The Cathay building on Handy Road.
While the physical arrangement of the cinema is fairly new - its latest rebirth happened in 2006, after the current preservation-minded building was unveiled - there has been a Cathay cinema at the foot of Mount Sophia since 1939.
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