The Standard (Hong Kong)
| The Standard 英文 虎 報 |
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| description | Hong Kong Daily (Free since September 10, 2007) |
| language | English |
| publishing company | The Standard Newspapers Publishing Limited ( Hong Kong , China ) |
| Headquarters | 3 / F, Sing Tao News Corporation Building, 7 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, |
| First edition | March 1, 1949 (as Hong Kong Tiger Standard) |
| founder |
Aw, Boon Haw 胡文虎 |
| Frequency of publication | Every day |
| Widespread edition | 200,450 (2012) copies |
| (Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited) | |
| Editor-in-chief | Ivan Tong |
| editor | Sing Tao News Corporation Charles Ho Tsu-kwok Chairman of the Board 何柱國 |
| Manager | Irene Chan |
| Web link | www.thestandard.com.hk |
The Standard ( Chinese 英文 虎 報 / 英文 虎 报 , short 虎 報 / 虎 报 ) is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong , which was originally founded under the name " Hong Kong Tiger Standard " ( 標準 虎 報 / 标准 虎 报 ) and was published in the The following years saw further name changes.
In the media data is called The Standard as "Hong Kong's most trustworthy newspaper" ( English Hong Kong's most Trustworthy newspaper ). A survey by the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is cited as the source . It has been Hong Kong's first free English-language newspaper since September 2007. The newspaper's main competitor for young Chinese readers is still the English-language South China Morning Post .
history
The newspaper was originally founded by the Burmese-Chinese entrepreneur Aw Boon Haw (including Tiger Balm ) after the Second World War under the name " Hong Kong Tiger Standard " ( 標準 虎 報 / 标准 虎 报 ) in the spring of March 1, 1949, as against At the end of the Chinese Civil War, numerous US-trained journalists came to Hong Kong. They formed the basis of the first English-language newspaper in what was then the crown colony , where the editorial responsibility lay solely with the Chinese.
format
The print edition appears in the classic small format of tabloids .
In terms of content, the newspaper relies on a “lively mix” of local and international news as well as sections such as sport, business and technology. Depending on the day of the week, there are also specific focus topics - such as market reports on Monday (" Money Glitz ") and entertainment - and lifestyle topics on Friday (" Weekend Glitz "). In the media data is also highlighted that the contents are easy to consume ( " English easy to read ").
distribution
In 2012 the print run was just over 200,000 copies. According to media data, the corresponding website achieved over one million page impressions per month in 2016 .
- Incident - Circulation Fraud
In the mid-1990s, the magazine was investigated because it had artificially increased its circulation in order to generate higher advertising prices or advertising income. The starting point was a find of 14,000 copies on a pier by the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" - ICAC ( Independent Commission Against Corruption , 廉政 公署 ) in August 1996. As part of the investigation, the "Anti-Corruption Commission" - ICAC found that from 1994 to 1997 the circulation numbers of the Standard and the Sunday Standard were routinely kept high by means of a quasi- nonexistent company called " Mornstar ". The “fictitious” company purchased a significant number of copies for a fee and in return issued invoices for services that were never performed. Three employees responsible were sentenced to prison terms of between four and six months, Aw Sian (aka Sally Aw Sian, 胡仙 ) as owner of the publishing company was due to the intervention of the then Minister of Justice ( English Secretary for Justice ) Elsie Leung ( 梁愛詩 / 梁爱诗 ) not indicted because, from their point of view, it is not in the public interest to prosecute the owner with insufficient evidence. In addition, some of the contents of the ICAC interrogation protocol came to the public, so that there were further legal concerns for a legally fair trial, based on biased public prejudice against the accused. The legal independence and reputation of the Hong Kong legal system are at stake and will be damaged internationally as a result.
See also
- South China Morning Post
- Ming Pao
- Oriental Daily News
- Ta Kung Pao
- Radio Television Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Free Press
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Certificate of Circulations. ( PDF ; 230 kB ) For the 61 issues distributed between April 1 and June 30, 2012. In: Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited - hkabc.com.hk. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
- ↑ a b The Standard - Contact us. In: www.thestandard.com.hk. Retrieved June 15, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Display Advertising Rate Card 2018. (PDF; 3.1 MB) In: The Standard. P. 3 , accessed on November 1, 2018 (English).
- ↑ Alan Castro: Tiger roars for HK - March 26, 1999 ( Memento from December 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: thestandard.com.hk, accessed on November 1, 2018. (English)
- ↑ Online Advertising Rate Card. (PDF; 860 kB) In: The Standard. Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
- ^ Neville de Silva, Jocelyn Chey: Why I didn't prosecute Sally Aw - February 2, 1999 ( Memento of December 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ). In: thestandard.com.hk, accessed November 1, 2018. (English)