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Sing Tao News Corporation Limited is a 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...

 listed company. It is mainly focused on the business of Media Ownership & Services, Human Capital Management, as well as Broadband Content & Distribution. It was formerly called Global China Group Holdings Limited (泛華集團控股有限公司 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...

: Fànhuà Jítuán Kònggǔ Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī ). http://www.singtaonewscorp.com/eng/press_release/pdf/LTN20050303038.pdf

The Group

The Group is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Hong Kong Stock Exchange
The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Hong Kong. It is Asia's third largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and fifth largest in the world...

 (Stock Code: 1105). As of 7 December 2010, its market capitalization
Market capitalization
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 was HK$
Hong Kong dollar
The Hong Kong dollar is the currency of the jurisdiction. It is the eighth most traded currency in the world. In English, it is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or alternatively HK$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...

 2.28 billion. The group was formerly known as Global China Group Holdings Limited until 18 September 2002, as Global China Technology Group Limited until 27 August 2002, and as Perfect Treasure Holdings Limited until 24 July 2000.

The Group's founder and chairman
Chairman of the Board
The Chairman of the Board is a seat of office in an organization, especially of corporations.Chairman of the Board may also refer to:*Chairman of the Board , a 1998 film*Chairmen of the Board , a 1970s American soul music group...

 is Charles Ho Tsu Kwok, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference [], shortened as 人民政协, Rénmín Zhèngxié, i.e. "People's PCC"; or just 政协, Zhèngxié, i.e. "The PCC"), abbreviated CPPCC, is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China...

.

Group's structure

  • Media
    Mass media
    Mass media refers collectively to all media technologies which are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit their information electronically and comprise of television, film and radio, movies, CDs, DVDs and some other gadgets like cameras or video consoles...

     Ownership & Services
    • Media ownership
      • Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited - Publication of Sing Tao Daily
        Sing Tao Daily
        The Sing Tao Daily is Hong Kong's second largest Chinese language newspaper. It is owned by Sing Tao News Corporation Limited, of which Charles Ho Tsu Kwok is the chairman. Its English language sister paper is The Standard...

        , Headline Daily
        Headline Daily
        Headline Daily was launched on July 12, 2005 by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese newspaper published officially in Hong Kong . The paper is only distributed on weekdays and is aimed at the working class. The estimated average daily circulation of the paper is...

        , and The Standard
        The Standard
        The Standard is an English free newspaper of Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 231,018. It was called the Hong Kong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom, but it changed back to The Standard in 2001....

        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
      • China Touch Media Solutions & Services Ltd. - Publication of magazine
        Magazine
        Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

        s: East Week
        East Week
        East Week is a Hong Kong-based weekly Chinese language magazine which was established by Oriental Group on October 29, 1992 and sold to the Emperor Group in September 2001...

        , East Touch
        East Touch
        East Touch is a weekly Chinese language magazine written in Cantonese style in Hong Kong. It is published every Tuesday by East Touch Publishing Limited, part of Global China Group Holdings Limited.-Content:...

        , PC Market, Jet
        Jet (magazine)
        Jet is an American weekly marketed toward African-American readers, founded in 1951 by John H. Johnson of Johnson Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois...

        , Caz Buyer, Smart Choice Weekly
      • World Link Publication Group Limited - Publication of Chinese books
      • Xinhua Online Info-tech Company Limited (XOL) - Provision of multimedia
        Multimedia
        Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...

         content
    • Media Services
      • Greater China Media Services Limited (GCMS) - Provision of nationwide print media distribution services in the PRC
        People's Republic of China
        China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

      • Global China (Beijing) Media Consulting Company Limited (GCMC) - Provision of media consultancy and management services in the PRC
      • GC Media Teamwork Limited - Provision of content sales and distribution
  • Human Capital Management
    • Corporate training / Continuing education
      • China HCM Company Limited - Provision of corporate training and continuing education
    • Recruitment media
      • Job Market Publishing Limited - Publication of Job Market recruitment magazine
  • Broadband
    Broadband Internet access
    Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is a high data rate, low-latency connection to the Internet— typically contrasted with dial-up access using a 56 kbit/s modem or satellite Internet with inherently high latency....

     Content & Distribution
    • Internet broadband technology development / broadband content
      • Beelink Information Science and Technology Company Limited

Alliances

The Group has formed strategic alliances with several authoritative media corporations, tertiary institutions and renowned enterprises to strengthen its business portfolios. They include the Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency
The Xinhua News Agency is the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China and the biggest center for collecting information and press conferences in the PRC. It is the largest news agency in the PRC, ahead of the China News Service...

, the People's Daily Press, Dow Jones News Agency, the University of International Business and Economics
University of International Business and Economics
The University of International Business and Economics , is a university in Beijing, China. Currently, UIBE has over 11,000 students from China and over 2,500 international students from more than 100 countries....

, the Peking University Founder Group Corporation, Sanlian Group, dnmstrategies together with other partners.

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