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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Oriental Press Group |
| Publisher | Oriental Press Group |
| Founded | 22 January 1969 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Beijing |
| Language | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters | Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong |
| Circulation | 530,000 |
| Sister newspapers | The Sun (Hong Kong) (Ceased publication) |
| ISSN | 1018-8177 |
| Website |
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| Traditional Chinese | 東方日報 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 东方日报 | ||||||||||||||
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Oriental Daily News is a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969 by Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik-chun, and was one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited ( Chinese: 東方報業集團有限公司). Relative to other Hong Kong newspapers, Oriental Daily News has an older readership.[ citation needed]
History
The paper was founded in 1969. [1] Apple Daily was its main competitor.[ citation needed] The newspaper's website was started in February 2002, and includes e-paper versions of Oriental Daily. The whole printed version is uploaded onto the web allowing people from all over the world to read. [2]
Content
It has two editorials every day. The first one is called the 'Main Editorial' (正論), which is a typical newspaper editorial. [3] The second one is called 'Kung Fu Tea' (功夫茶), which is written in the vernacular form of Cantonese, and is a daily critique of the misfits of the bureaucracy. [4]
See also
- Media of Hong Kong
- List of newspapers in Hong Kong
- Newspaper Society of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
References
- ^ "How two fugitive opium dealers started a Hong Kong newspaper war". CNN Business. 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "東方日報電子報" [Oriental Daily News e Paper]. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "東方日報正論". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "功夫茶". Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Archived from the original on 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
External links
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Official website
(in Chinese) - Oriental Press Group at Bloomberg Markets