Cathay Cineplexes at AMK Hub to close after Jun 30
SINGAPORE: After 17 years in exchange, Cathay Cineplexes in AMK Hub will pause operations at the pause of June – the company’s fourth cinema closure within the final two years.
“As our lease comes to an pause, our final day of operations will most definitely be Jun 30, 2024,” Cathay Cineplexes presented in a Fb put up on Wednesday (Jun 19), adding that screenings will continue to happen on Jun 30 itself, which falls on a Sunday.
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Following the closure at AMK Hub, Cathay Cineplexes would possibly perhaps well occupy 5 last retail outlets in Singapore – at Causeway Point, Downtown East, West Mall, JEM and Century Square.
When the Parkway Parade outlet closed in August 2023, mm2 Asia, which owns Cathay Cineplexes, acknowledged the resolution became once a part of the neighborhood’s strategy to “appropriate-size the cinema exchange in Singapore”.
In step with CNA’s queries, Cathay Cineplexes on Thursday thanked its studio companions and suppliers for his or her persevered crimson meat up and understanding.
“There will most definitely be no disruption of companies and products at the assorted Cathay Cineplexes retail outlets in Singapore,” it acknowledged. “End tuned for titillating news on our unusual retail outlets developing.”
The statement did now not specify the causes unhurried the closure at AMK Hub. Cathay Cineplexes also did now not reply to CNA’s questions about its workers at AMK Hub as smartly as cinema attendance.
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CNA has requested AMK Hub for extra files on the impending closure.
The cinema at AMK Hub first opened its doorways on Jun 16, 2007, featuring eight film halls and 1,800 seats, in step with Cathay Organisation.
From now unless Jun 30, Cathay Cineplexes is offering unprecedented tickets at S$10 at the Ang Mo Kio mall, a crop mark from the regular mark of between S$11 and S$16.50.
Source: Reuters
