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Type | Daily free newspaper |
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Owner(s) | The Standard Newspapers Publishing (part of Sing Tao News Corporation, majority stake in turn held by Guo Xiaoting, vice-chairwoman of Kaisa Group) |
Founder(s) | Aw Boon Haw |
Publisher | The Standard Newspapers Publishing |
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Political alignment | Pro-Beijing |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 1987 (evening edition only)[1] |
Country | Hong Kong |
Circulation | 200,450 (as of 2012)[2] |
Sister newspapers |
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Website | www |
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Traditional Chinese | 英文虎報 | ||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 英文虎报 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | English Language Tiger Newspaper | ||||||||||||||
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The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012.[2] It was formerly called the Hongkong Standard[4] and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom[when?] but partially reverted to The Standard in 2001.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is its main local competitor.