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Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Pao and New Evening Post, whilst the Hong Kong Times speaks for the Nationalist regime in Taiwan. Other Chinese newspapers which are members of the Newspaper Society are the New Life Evening Post and Hung Look Daily News, as well as the bi-lingual Daily Commodity Quotations.

Only two morning newspapers are published in the English language-the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Tiger Standard (the latter owned by Sing Poh Amalgamated Limited, publishers of Sing Tao Jih Pao and Sing Tao Man Pao). The South China Morning Post Ltd. also publishes the afternoon newspaper China Mail (the oldest daily newspaper in the Colony) and the weekly Sun- day Post-Herald.

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During recent years the Hong Kong press world has displayed considerable stability and there have been few failures but, equally, few new ventures started.

As with daily newspapers, the leading publications in the magazine field are all in the Chinese language. Despite educational developments and a steady increase in the number of Chinese who are completely literate in both English and Chinese, it would seem that the majority of the people of Hong Kong prefer to read in their native language. Since 1946 there have been several attempts to start new English-language magazines but the majority of these failed to secure a circulation sufficient to warrant continued publica- tion. Of major magazines in the English language, only the weekly Far Eastern Economic Review and bi-monthly Hong Kong & Far East Builder-both of which are specialist in their appeal and command circulations outside the Colony -have survived for any number of years.

Four international news agencies maintain full-scale bureaux in Hong Kong, and it is indicative of the attention paid to world news by the local press that the majority of leading newspapers subscribe to at least three, if not all four, of the services provided. The agencies in question are the

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