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SING PAO
Second in circulation to Oriental Daily News. Low brow with vulgar and sensational contents. Originally too apolitical to carry an editorial. Publisher Ho Man-fat became more pro China during the JD negotiations, became a member of the BLDC.
HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL
What al
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C: THE ULTRA RIGHTIST PRESS
HONG KONG TIMES
Publisher Eddie Tseng.
Pro KMT and staffed by people graduated in Taiwan or from Chu Hai College (KMT sponsored). Has endorsed critics such as Martin Lee. Internal struggle in 1984 meant 6 right wing columnists resigned and space filled with entertainment and non political material. Encourages Hong Kong people to struggle for a more democratic system. Does not print Xinhua releases.
D:
THE ULTRA LEFTIST PRESS
WEN WEI PO
Editor Li Zisong dismissed after 1989 and several locally recruited editors went with him. Now back under communist control, Editor Zhang Yunfeng. Li Zisong now runs the current affairs journal the "Contemporary" (Dangdai).
TA KUNG PAO
Editor Li Xiawen. Communist controlled.
E: OTHERS (not mentioned in CQ 126)
HONG KONG DAILY NEWS
Independent.
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