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Big demand for discounted tickets for Hong Kong’s Cinema Day event this weekend

  • Sixty-three cinemas across city selling tickets at HK$30 each for second annual day offering big discounts
  • Checks by Post found as many as 18,000 people in queue on one website, with waiting times of up to 25 hours

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A queue  in Admiralty for discounted tickets for Sunday’s second annual Cinema Day. Photo: Jelly Tse

Residents queued to buy discounted film tickets in Hong Kong on Wednesday for this weekend’s Cinema Day and at least one business said it expected close to full houses for the event.

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Sixty-three cinemas, including ones owned by Emperor Cinemas, MCL, Golden Harvest and Broadway Cinemas, were selling tickets for HK$30 (US$3.83) each.

Tickets for the Sunday event, organised by the Hong Kong Theatres Association, were released at noon.

Checks by the Post found congested access at a variety of cinema websites at 12.30pm on Wednesday, including a 25-hour wait to connect to Broadway Circuit, which had more than 18,000 people in the queue.
People queue up to buy Cinema Day tickets at the Grand Kornhill Cinema in Quarry Bay. Photo: May Tse
People queue up to buy Cinema Day tickets at the Grand Kornhill Cinema in Quarry Bay. Photo: May Tse

Emperor Cinemas showed almost 14,000 people in their queue.

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