South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post (Chinese:????; Cantonese {{IPA2|n?m11 w?11 ts??35 b??33}}, Jyutping: naam4 waa4 zou2 bou3; Mandarin Pinyin: nán huá z?o bào) (also referred to as the SCMP) and its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is the leading English language newspaper in Hong Kong published by the SCMP Group. The current Group Editor-in-Chief is David Armstrong.

History

South China Morning Post Ltd was founded on 1903 and the first edition of the paper published on November 6, 1903. In November 1971, it was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It was privatised by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Ltd in 1987, and relisted in 1990. Malaysian tycoon Robert Kuok's Kerry Media Ltd bought the controlling interest from News Corp in October 1993. His son, Kuok Khoon Ean, took over as chairman at the end of 1997.

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1903 - November 6 - 1971 - Hong Kong Stock Exchange - Rupert Murdoch - News Corp Ltd - 1987 - 1990 - Robert Kuok - Kerry Media Ltd - 1993

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The SCMP has been awarded as the top 10 companies in Hong Kong by Asia's Leading Companies Survey 2000, Far Eastern Economic Review.

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Hong Kong - Asia's Leading Companies Survey 2000 - Far Eastern Economic Review

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