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Loke Cheng Kim (former) Loke Wan Tho (former) Cathay Organisation
Technical details
Floor count
11
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Frank Wilmin Brewer
Architecture firm
Arbenz and Brewer
Other information
Number of rooms
170
Number of restaurants
1
Number of bars
1
Website
www.cathay.com.sg
National monument of Singapore
Designated
10 February 2003
Reference no.
48
The Cathay Building (simplified Chinese: 国泰大厦; traditional Chinese: 國泰大廈; Malay: Bangunan Cathay) was opened in 1939 by Dato Loke Wan Tho as the headquarters for the British Malaya Broadcasting Corporation. Located at 2 Handy Road in the Museum Planning Area of Singapore, the building was most known for its air-conditioned theatre known as the Cathay Cinema, then a technological marvel and the first to be built in Singapore. Cathay Building was the first skyscraper in Singapore and tallest building in Southeast Asia at that time. It was demolished in 2003.
The CathayBuilding (simplified Chinese: 国泰大厦; traditional Chinese: 國泰大廈; Malay: Bangunan Cathay) was opened in 1939 by Dato Loke Wan Tho as the headquarters...
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completion of the 17-storey CathayBuilding. The 70-metre (230 ft) structure was, at the time of its completion, the tallest building in Southeast Asia; it...
Chandra Bose proclaiming the Free India at Cathay Cinema Building in Singapore on 21 October 1943, The CathayBuilding, which was earlier used as cinema, hotel...
The building continued to be used by governors of the newly created Crown Colony of Singapore. When Singapore attained self-rule in 1959, the building was...
at least 250m. They are ranked by structural height. Was the tallest building in Southeast Asia upon completion "Thai Boon Roong Twin Tower World Trade...
flooring reinstated. The former servants' quarters at the rear of the building were turned into a heritage gallery. The restoration works on Sri Temasek...
Bose then went to what was then the INA broadcasting station at the CathayBuilding in Singapore and asked Capt. Ram Singh Thakuri to compose the music...
Cathay Bank (traditional Chinese: 國泰銀行; simplified Chinese: 国泰银行; pinyin: Guótài Yínháng) is a Chinese American bank founded in 1962. Cathay is headquartered...
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emergent types of buildings, like Kallang Airport (by the Public Works Department), the Ford Factory (by Emile Brizay), or the CathayBuilding (by Frank Brewer)...
station on 1 January 1951, the Green Network. Radio Malaya left the Cathaybuilding on 4 November 1951 at closedown. The two networks increased their schedule...
and Raffles Quay. Standing at 270 feet (82 metres), it surpassed the CathayBuilding to be the tallest tower in Singapore until the completion of Meritus...
Cathay Cineleisure Orchard is an urban mall located at 8 Grange Road, Singapore. The building is managed by Cathay Organisation under its subsidiary company...
Former Admiralty House 46. Tan Teck Guan Building 47. College of Medicine Building 2003 48. CathayBuilding † 49. Church of Saints Peter and Paul 50....
Cathays Park (Welsh: Parc Cathays) or Cardiff Civic Centre is a civic centre area in the city centre of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, consisting...
said, ‘Ram Singh, the day Indian National Army takes shape in the CathayBuilding of Singapore the song Subh Sukh Chain Ki Barkha Barse would be played...
surrounding areas. The hotel has two different buildings. The Sassoon House, originally housed the Cathay Hotel and is today the Fairmont Peace Hotel run...
as the Fullerton Building, and also as the General Post Office Building. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. The Fullerton Building was named after Robert...
Emerson leased the building in 1878. Upon his death in 1883, the hotel closed, and the Raffles Institution stepped in to use the building as a boarding house...
the management of the Cathay Hotel in the CathayBuilding and developing many of her properties in the area surrounding the Cathay Keris Studios. Loke was...
Theatres Ltd—later renamed Cathay Organisation. In 1939 the Loke conglomerate built Singapore's first skyscraper, the CathayBuilding. Loke Yew was unusual...
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was that the Japanese Rising Sun Flag be hoisted over the CathayBuilding, the tallest building in Singapore. Percival formally surrendered shortly after...
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