New East Asia Theatre

The chinese name is 新東亞.

mrb,I have noticed the name of this theatre in the Chinese newspapers of the war years of Hong Kong.Its name neither appeared in the Chinese newspapers before 8th December,1941 nor after the end of WWII.I doubt whether it was the Victory Theatre on the Nathan Road.

Raymond Lo[Suwanti]

Raymond, I was hoping you would see the message and reply, as you clearly know a lot about Hong Kong's cinemas, past & present.

The cinema stood just to the left of the buildings shown in these photos:
http://www.batgung.com/node/1197
http://www.batgung.com/node/1198

Does that help narrow down the location at all?

Thanks & regards, MrB

MrB,after looking at the photos carefully,the theatre was certainly the Victory Theatre.

In 1953,The Victory Theatre was rebuilt as the Ritz Cinema.

Raymond Lo[Suwanti]

Raymond, thank you for your help. Is there any chance you know the name (or the street number) of the building that replaced the Ritz, so we can see the present-day location of the cinema?

Thanks & regards, MrB

MrB,Ritz Building was built on the site of the Ritz Cinema .Ritz Building is at the junction of Shantung Street and Nathan Road.

Raymond Lo[Suwanti]

Thanks again for your help, MrB