The Newspaper Society of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

(Chinese

Chinese language

The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...

:香港報業公會 Pinyin

Pinyin

Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...

:Xiānggǎng Bàoyè Gōnghuì ), set up on May 10, 1954, is the largest newspaper

Newspaper

A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...

 industrial society in Hong Kong, found by Hong Kong's four largest newspapers at the time - Kung Sheung Yat Po (工商日報, closed), Wah Kiu Yat Po (華僑日報, closed), Sing Tao Jih Pao (星島日報 Pinyin: Xīngdǎo Rìbào ) and South China Morning Post (南華日報 Pinyin: Nánhuá Rìbào ). Existing members include 14 major newspapers, although Oriental Daily, the biggest local newspaper in terms of circulation, has chosen not to participate. The Society is the organiser for the widest-acclaimed news awards in Hong Kong.

External references

• http://www.nshk.org.hk/ Official website
• http://www.nshk.org.hk/html/d_50cel/ History of Hong Kong Newspaper in 50 years (Chinese only)