Oriental Press Group
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 The headquarters in Tai Po Industrial Estate | |||||
| Company type | Public | ||||
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| SEHK: 18 | |||||
| Industry | Publishing | ||||
| Founded | 14 January 1969 in British Hong Kong | ||||
| Founder | Ma Shek-chun | ||||
| Headquarters | Hong Kong , China | ||||
Area served | Hong Kong | ||||
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| Products | newspaper | ||||
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| Owner | Ma Shek-chun family | ||||
| Website | opg | ||||
Oriental Press Group Limited is the publishing company of Hong Kong newspaper
History
Oriental Press Group Limited is incorporated on 14 January 1969[1] and start to publish Oriental Daily News on 22 January of the same year.[2][non-primary source needed]
The company is listed on the
Products and services
Oriental Daily News is one of the major newspaper of Hong Kong. Its archrival is Apple Daily and other Chinese/Cantonese language newspapers of Hong Kong.
On top of its flagship newspaper Oriental Daily News, the company also founded The Sun (Chinese: 太陽報) in 1999[4] and Eastern Express. The former was published in Traditional Chinese characters while the latter was an English newspaper. Nevertheless, they were folded.
The company also founded a series of magazines that named after 東 (transliterated as East or Oriental): East Week (Chinese: 東周刊), Oriental Sunday (Chinese: 東方新地) and East Touch (Chinese: 東Touch). All of them were sold from 2001 to 2002 to Emperor Group or Sing Tao Holdings.[4][5][6] Some of them are still published by other companies.
The company launches the news website on.cc (at that time use the url orisun.com[4]) in 2000. It offers the online version of Oriental Daily News under the sub domain orientaldaily.on.cc, as well as streaming video news occasionally.
Management and ownership
The company is founded by Ma Shek-chun (Chinese: 馬惜珍), which Ma's son, Ma Ching-kwan (Chinese: 馬澄坤), takeover the operation in 1977.[2] Ma Shek-chun was fled to Taiwan in the 1970s as a crime suspect and was wanted by Hong Kong Police Force for over 30 years.[7]
Ma Shek-chun two other sons, Ma Ching-fat (Chinese: 馬澄發) and Ma Ching-choi (Chinese: 馬澄財),[8] are the current chairman and vice-chairman of the company respectively.[9]
See also
- Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings, another listed newspaper publishing company of Hong Kong
- Media Chinese International, another listed newspaper publishing company of Hong Kong and Malaysia
- Next Digital, another listed newspaper publishing company of Hong Kong
- Sing Tao News Corporation, another listed newspaper publishing company of Hong Kong
References
- ^ Data in Hong Kong Companies Registry
- ^ a b "Group's Profile and History". Oriental Press Group. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Market Data \ Securities Prices\ Equities ORIENTAL PRESS GROUP LTD. (18)". Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b c "Chairman's Statement" (PDF). 2002 Annual Report. Hong Kong: Oriental Press Group. 2002.
- ^ "Operations review" (PDF). 2001-2002 Annual Report (in Chinese (Hong Kong) and English). Hong Kong: Sing Tao Holdings. 9 May 2002. p. 15. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ 梁煥敏 (22 September 2016). 《東方新地》《新假期》《新Monday》合併 新傳媒傳裁百人. HK01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ 馬惜珍若回港將獲不提證供起訴. Hong Kong Economic Journal (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 15 April 2014.
- ^ 【短片】【馬惜珍逝世】《東方》股價曾急升至4年高位. Apple Daily (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 18 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Corporate Information - Board of Directors". Oriental Press Group. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
External links
- Official website (in English and Chinese)
