| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Media Chinese International Limited |
| Language | Chinese |
| Official website | www.mingpao.com |
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| Traditional Chinese | 明報 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 明报 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ming Pao (traditional Chinese: 明報; simplified Chinese: 明报; pinyin: Míng Bào) is a Chinese language newspaper published by Ming Pao Group in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, Ming Pao established four overseas branches in North America, each provides independent reporting on local news and collect local advertisements. Currently, only the two Canadian editions remain: Ming Pao Toronto and Ming Pao Vancouver. Ming Pao New York and Ming Pao San Francisco ceased operations on January 31 and February 14, 2009, respectively.
With a mission and long standing editorial direction to present comprehensive, objective and bias-free coverage and analyses on political and economic issues in both mainland China and Hong Kong. According to a Media Credibility Survey conducted by Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006, Ming Pao was selected as the most credible Chinese language newspaper. It aims at providing comprehensive and accurate reports on political and economic issues in Hong Kong and mainland China. Well-known for its accuracy in language, many secondary schools in Hong Kong encourage their students to subscribe to Ming Pao in order to improve their Chinese language.
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Ming Pao was first published on May 20, 1959, and was founded by the famous Chinese wuxia novelist Louis Cha (simplified Chinese: 查良镛; traditional Chinese: 查良鏞), known better by his pseudonym Jinyong (金庸), and his friend, Shen Pao Sing (沈寶新). Daisy Li Yuet-Wah won an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists for her work with the paper in 1994.[1]
Ming Pao was then taken over by Tan Sri Datuk TIONG Hiew King in 1995. Ming Pao now is published by Ming Pao Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Media Chinese International Limited, which was formed by the successful merger of Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Limited (Hong Kong), Sin Chew Media Corporations Berhad (Malaysia) and Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad (Malaysia) in April 2008.
According to Ming Pao, its main reader groups are the middle class, professionals, managers and corporate decision-makers.
Awards won by Ming Pao Hong Kong in recent years:
Public Evaluation on Media Credibility Survey, conducted by the Chinese University of Hong Kong 2001-2006
The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards 2008:
The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards 2007:
The Society of Publishers in Asia Awards 2006:
Awards won by Ming Pao Vancouver in recent years:
The homepage of Ming Pao was set up in 1995, one of the earliest newspaper websites in Hong Kong. The Ming Pao website won the "Ten Healthy Websites Contest 2002" of the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority. Only two news websites among the entire media industry in Hong Kong were given the award, which objectives were said to encourage young people and children to visit websites with healthy information and make proper use of the Internet, and to motivate Internet content providers to create more healthy websites for young people by recognizing their efforts.
In October 1995, Ming Pao was taken over by Tan Sri Datuk TIONG Hiew King (Chinese: 張曉卿). On January 29, 2007, Tan Sri Datuk Tiong released a proposal to merge the three media groups - Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad (Malaysia), Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad (Malaysia) and Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Limited (Hong Kong). The merged group, named Media Chinese International Limited was dual-listed on the mainboards of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad in April 2008. All of the existing groups retain their existing publications and independent operations.
Honorary Award
Performance Action Award
Outstanding Discography
Outstanding Male Singer
Outstanding Female Singer
Outstanding Crew
Outstanding Film
Outstanding Actor
Outstanding Actress
Outstanding Crew
Outstanding Programme
| Year | Winner | Nominee |
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| 2009 | Rosy Business | |
| 2010 | Fun with Liza and Gods | |
| 2011 | No Regrets | Neighborhood Gourmet Ghetto Justice Lives of Omission A.T.M. |
Outstanding Actor
| Year | Winner | Nominee |
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| 2000 | - | - |
| 2001 | Kenneth Chan for Project Ji Xiang |
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| 2002 | Moses Chan for Where the Legend Begins |
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| 2003 | Roger Kwok for Square Pegs |
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| 2004 | Dayo Wong for To Catch the Uncatchable |
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| 2005 | Dr. King-fai Chung for My Family |
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| 2006 | Roger Kwok for Life Made Simple |
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| 2007 | Damian Lau for The Conquest |
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| 2008 | Ha Yu for Moonlight Resonance |
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| 2009 | Wayne Lai for Rosy Business |
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| 2010 | Moses Chan for Can't Buy Me Love |
Chapman To for OL Supreme Steven Ma for Ghost Writer Wayne Lai for Off Pedder Gallen Lo for Born Rich |
| 2011 | Wayne Lai for No Regrets |
Kevin Cheng for Ghetto Justice John Chiang for Grace Under Fire Michael Tse for Lives of Omission Bosco Wong for Lives of Omission |
Outstanding Actress
| Year | Winner | Nominee |
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| 2000 | - | - |
| 2001 | Ada Choi for Armed Reaction III |
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| 2002 | Flora Chan for A Case of Misadventure |
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| 2003 | Jessica Hsuan for Square Pegs |
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| 2004 | Sheren Tang for War and Beauty |
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| 2005 | Liza Wang for War of In-law |
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| 2006 | Ada Choi for Dance of Passion |
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| 2007 | Louise Lee for Heart of Greed |
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| 2008 | Michelle Yim for Moonlight Resonance |
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| 2009 | Sheren Tang for Rosy Business |
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| 2010 | Charmaine Sheh for Can't Buy Me Love |
Charmaine Sheh for Beyond the Realm of Conscience Fala Chen for Can't Buy Me Love Tavia Yeung for Beyond the Realm of Conscience Susanna Kwan for Beyond the Realm of Conscience |
| 2011 | Sheren Tang for No Regrets |
Myolie Wu for Ghetto Justice Linda Chung for Yes Sir, Sorry Sir Kate Tsui for Lives of Omission Fala Chen for Lives of Omission |
Outstanding Crew
| Year | Winner | Nominee |
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| 2009 | Cheung Wah-biu & Chan Ching-yee for Rosy Business |
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| 2010 | Mui Siu-ching for Can't Buy Me Love |
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| 2011 | Cheung Wah-biu & Chan Ching-yee for No Regrets |
Tong Kei-ming for Ghetto Justice Lee Tim-shing for No Regrets Chong Wai-kin for Lives of Omission To Chi-hak for A.T.M. |