Kung Sheung Daily News Explained

The Kung Sheung Daily News
Type:Daily newspaper
Publisher:The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Limited
Foundation:1925
Political:pro-Kuomintang
Ceased Publication:30 November 1984 (last publication)
Publishing Country:Hong Kong
Oclc:633493711

The Kung Sheung Daily News was a Chinese language newspaper published in Hong Kong under British colonial rule. It was owned indirectly by, a former Republic of China general and son of Hong Kong tycoon Robert Ho Tung. It was a pro-Kuomintang newspaper and ran according to the Minguo calendar.

In tandem with The Kung Sheung Evening News, it was published by "The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Limited", which was incorporated on 10 November 1928.

In 1954, Kung Sheung co-founded - with three other major papers - the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.

The Kung Sheung Daily News was also published as an "export imprint", targeting Taiwan.[1]

The publisher was wound up on 26 December 1996, many years after the newspapers ceased publication.[2]

History

Sir Robert Ho Tung acquired Kung Sheung Daily News in 1929. At the time, the newspaper was a loss-making business.[3] Under Ho Tung's ownership, it became one of the three leading Chinese language newspapers in Hong Kong in the 1950s (the other two being Sing Tao Daily and Wah Kiu Yat Po), according to the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong.[4]

Shortly after the signing of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, Kung Sheung Daily News ceased publication, saying it was failing to make a profit and could not see a way forward.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.mh.sinica.edu.tw/MHUserFile/Event01/images/20140523-LIB.pdf. zh:部分大型報刊裝訂本將自今(103)年 7 月起移置院外倉儲,預計 5 月 28 日至 6 月 30 日進行搬遷作業。. 22 May 2014. 16 October 2017. Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica. zh-tw.
  2. Web site: INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DAILY PRESS LIMITED - THE -. opencorporates.com. 22 January 2021.
  3. Book: 香港將軍何世禮. Hong Kong general Ho Shai Lai. 鄭. 宏泰. 黃. 紹倫. Chinese. Joint Publishing. Hong Kong. December 2008. 1. 978-962-04-2815-9. 14 October 2017.
  4. Book: Xianggang bao ye 50 zai yin ji : Xianggang bao ye gong hui jin xi ji nian te kan. https://web.archive.org/web/20070525155943/http://www.nshk.org.hk/html/d_50cel/c50_0101.htm. 25 May 2007. zh:香港報業50載印記 : 香港報業公會金禧紀念特刊. 1950~1960 Chinese: 三大中文報業. Newspaper Society of Hong Kong. zh-hk. 16 October 2017. 2004. 56887922.