Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore)

Sin Chew Jit Poh
First issue
First issue
Type Daily newspaper
Owner(s)
Aw family (via various investment vehicle) (1929–1975)
shareholders of Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited (1975–1982)
Singapore News and Publications (1982–1983)
Founder(s) Aw Boon Haw
Publisher
Sin Chew Jit Poh Ltd. (1929–1941)
Sin Poh Amalgamated Ltd. (1941–1975)
Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Ltd. (1975–1982)
Singapore News and Publications Ltd. (1982–1983)
Founded
  • 1928 (foundation of the publisher)
  • 15 January 1929 (first issue)
Language
Ceased publication 1983
Country British Singapore and Singapore
Sister newspapers
Sin Chew Jit Poh (Malaysia edition)
Sin Pin Jit Poh (founded by Aw in Penang)
Sing Tao Daily (founded by Aw in Hong Kong)
Sing Sian Yer Pao (founded by Aw in Bangkok)
OCLC number 222378503
Free online archives Singapore National Library
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Traditional Chinese 星洲日報
Simplified Chinese 星洲日报
Literal meaning Singapore Daily

Sin Chew Jit Poh was a Singapore newspaper. It was founded by Aw Boon Haw in Singapore. In the 1960s, it started its Malaysian bureau in Petaling Jaya, with full function printing house. Malaysian edition started to become a separate sister newspaper since they have the full function from news report writing to printing. Due to the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act enacted in 1974, starting from 1975, the two newspaper in Singapore and Malaysia had a separate ownership, which the Singapore edition was owned by Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited; the Malaysian edition was sold by Sin Poh Amalgamated in 1982.

Singapore's Sin Chew Jit Poh ceased publication in Singapore in March 1983 and subsequently merged with Singapore's Nanyang Siang Pau to become Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao; their parent companies, were merged in 1982 as Singapore News and Publications Limited, a predecessor of Singapore monopoly Singapore Press Holdings.

The Malaysian version of Sin Chew Jit Poh (now Sin Chew Daily), is still in circulation.

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