 Instead, they planned to build a car park nearby.In that year, Dr Chua Seong Siew, elder son of the late owners Dr Chua Boon Teck and Mdm Khor Joo Saik, successfully appealed for the cinema theatre to remain open, and so it continues to operate to this day.In 2012, the cinema was owned by Lotus Five Star Cinema (M) Sdn.