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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.

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  • Cathay Building (en)
  • 國泰大廈 (新加坡) (zh)
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  • 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. (en)
  • 國泰大廈 (英語:Cathay Building)是一棟位於新加坡漢地路(Handy Road)的建築物,在1939年開幕時是英屬馬來亞廣播公司總部,之後並成為新加坡電影製片人陸運濤成立的國泰機構總部。大廈在當時是新加坡最高與東南亞最高之摩天大樓,直到1954年被超越。 (zh)
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