Oriental Daily News (Malaysia)
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Oriental Daily News is one of Malaysia's daily Chinese-language
newspaper
s. It was officially launched on New Year's Day
2003. The newspaper group is owned by KTS Group, a Sarawak
timber company founded by late Datuk Lau Hui Kang.
The newspaper actually published its first issue on 29 September 2002, but its publication’s permit was suspended by the Malaysian Home Ministry
. The permit was subsequent lifted in December 2002. It was reported a large numbers of journalists from the Nanyang Press
group left to join this newspaper group.
As of July 2009, the newspaper has been published in tabloid.
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...
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...
s. It was officially launched on New Year's Day
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...
2003. The newspaper group is owned by KTS Group, a Sarawak
Sarawak
Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...
timber company founded by late Datuk Lau Hui Kang.
The newspaper actually published its first issue on 29 September 2002, but its publication’s permit was suspended by the Malaysian Home Ministry
Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)
Ministry of Home Affairs in Malaysia is a Malaysian government ministry in charge of domestic affairs such as public safety, civil defence and immigration.- British colony :...
. The permit was subsequent lifted in December 2002. It was reported a large numbers of journalists from the Nanyang Press
Nanyang Siang Pau
Nanyang Siang Pau or Nanyang Business Daily was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee on 6 September 1923 in Singapore, currently published in Malaysia...
group left to join this newspaper group.
As of July 2009, the newspaper has been published in tabloid.