The Standard (Hong Kong)
English free newspaper in Hong Kong
The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012. It was formerly called the Hongkong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom but partially reverted to The Standard in 2001.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is its main local competitor.
Format
The Standard is printed in tabloid format rather than in broadsheet. It is published daily from Monday to Friday.
Ownership
As of 2001, The Standard was published by Hong Kong iMail Newspapers Limited (previously known as Hong Kong Standard Newspapers Limited) but currently The Standard Newspapers Publishing Limited. These enterprises are owned by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, also the publisher of Sing Tao Daily and Headline Daily.
The Standard was previously owned by Sally Aw's Sing Tao Holdings Limited. Aw is the daughter of the founder Aw Boon Haw. In 1999 Holdings was acquired by a private equity fund, and in January 2001 by Charles Ho's listed company Global China Technology Group Limited (whose name was changed to Sing Tao News Corporation Limited in February 2005).
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