Oriental Daily News

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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 (Template:Lang-zh). Relative to other Hong Kong newspapers, Oriental Daily News has an older readership.Template:Citation needed

History

The paper was founded in 1969.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Apple Daily was its main competitor.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is considered Pro-Beijing camp in its editorial stance.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Content

It has two editorials every day. The first one is called the 'Main Editorial' (正論), which is a typical newspaper editorial.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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