Workers' Entertainment Centre

Tarrafeiro Market, Rua do Tarrafeiro,
Macau

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Previous Names: Teatro Nan King

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Teatro Nan King was a small neighbourhood cinema in Macau. The theatre was on the upper floor of the Tarrafeiro Market and showed selected films at reduced prices. According to "Study Project a Review of Cinemas in Macau", the cinema was in business in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Its exact opening and closing date is unavailable.

Nan King was once the capital of the Republic of China, and is the provincial capital of Jiangsu of the People’s Republic of China. Nan King is the Cantonese pronunciation of its Chinese name.

The Workers' Entertainment Centre opened in 1956 after renovation of the market building and the former theatre. The centre had a cinema and selected films were shown irregularly at reduced prices. The Worker’s Entertainment Centre is literally translated from its Chinese name, its exact English or Portuguese name if any is unavailable.

The Workers' Entertainment Centre had been closed and demolished. The site of the centre remains empty as of April 2010.

Contributed by Raymond Lo
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