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Press, Broadcasting and Cinema
THROUGHOUT 1965 the press in Hong Kong continued to grow in vigour and variety. The Colony now supports no less than 55 daily newspapers covering almost every shade of political opinion. Another 26 are published once or twice a week, and monthly publications now number 10. Some of the leading Chinese and English publications, including magazines, are listed at Appendix XXXIX. Newspaper circulations continue to rise at a steady rate and at the end of the year the overall circulation of the Chinese- language press was estimated to be about 1.5 million copies a day.
An English-language evening paper, The Star, appeared for the first time on 15th March, bringing to four the total number of English-language dailies now published in Hong Kong. The others are the South China Morning Post and its afternoon companion, the China Mail, and the Hong Kong Tiger Standard. The South China Morning Post Limited also publishes the weekly Sunday Post-Herald.
A notable feature of the Hong Kong newspaper scene in 1965 was the appearance of a number of trade magazines printed in English. These include the Hong Kong Manager, Asian Industry, Far East Medical Journal, Asian Textile Annual, Hong Kong Builder Directory, and the Far East Engineering and Equipment News. Other English-language periodicals published in Hong Kong for local and overseas readers include the Far Eastern Economic Review, the Far East Architect and Builder, and the Far East Engineer.
Both the Wah Kiu Yat Po (‘Overseas Chinese Daily News') and the Kung Sheung Yat Po ("Industrial and Commercial Daily News') celebrated their 40th anniversary during the year. Generally regarded as the Colony's leading 'middle of the road' Chinese newspapers are the Wah Kiu Yat Po, the Sing Tao Jih Pao and the Kung Sheung Yat Po, which are very comprehensive in their coverage of overseas and local news. Among new Chinese daily newspapers published during the year were the Echo Times, Good News Daily, South