| Oriental Daily News | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | Oriental Press Group |
| Publisher: | Oriental Press Group |
| Political: | Pro-Beijing |
| Language: | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters: | Tai Po Industrial Estate, Hong Kong |
| Circulation: | 530,000 |
| Sister Newspapers: | The Sun (Hong Kong) (Ceased publication) |
| Issn: | 1018-8177 |
| Oriental Daily News | |
| First: | t |
| Showflag: | stp |
| S: | 东方日报 |
| T: | 東方日報 |
| Y: | Dung1fong1 Yat6bou3 |
| J: | Dung1fong1 Jat6bou3 |
| P: | Dōngfāng Rìbào |
Oriental Daily News is a Chinese-language newspaper in Hong Kong. It was established in 1969 by Ma Sik-yu and Ma Sik-chun, and was one of the two newspapers published by the Oriental Press Group Limited . Relative to other Hong Kong newspapers, Oriental Daily News has an older readership.
The paper was founded in 1969.[1] Apple Daily was its main competitor. The newspaper's website was started in February 2002, and includes e-paper versions of Oriental Daily. The whole printed version is uploaded onto the web allowing people from all over the world to read.[2] It is considered Pro-Beijing camp in its editorial stance.[3] [4]
It has two editorials every day. The first one is called the 'Main Editorial' (正論), which is a typical newspaper editorial.[5] The second one is called 'Kung Fu Tea' (功夫茶), which is written in the vernacular form of Cantonese, and is a daily critique of the misfits of the bureaucracy.[6]