Lianhe Wanbao (; literally Joint Evening News) was a

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afternoon newspaper published daily by

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from 16 March 1983 after the merger between ''

Nanyang Siang Pau ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' or ''Nanyang Business Daily'' () was founded by philanthropist-entrepreneur Tan Kah Kee on 6 September 1923 in Straits Settlements, currently published in Malaysia. ''Nanyang Siang Pau'' is one of the oldest Chinese-langua ...

'' and '' Sin Chew Jit Poh''. ''Lianhe Wanbao'' focused mainly on local and entertainment news with minimal international coverage. As such it was in competition with another SPH paper ''

Shin Min Daily News ''Shin Min Daily News'' () is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by SPH Media Trust. First started on 18 March 1967, by Singapore businessman Liang Runzhi (梁潤之) and the renowned Hong Kong writer Louis Cha ...

''. Amongst Singapore readers ''Lianhe Wanbao'' was often regarded more of a tabloid published in

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form, and the veracity of some reports (mostly reproduced from tabloids or gossip magazines from Hong Kong or Taiwan) was sometimes questioned. In 2021, ''Lianhe Wanbao'' merged into ''Shin Min Daily News'', and published its last edition on 24 December.

History

The newspaper was started along with ''

Lianhe Zaobao ''Nanyang Sin-Chew Lianhe Zaobao'' (; literally "Nanyang Sin-Chew Joint Morning Paper"), commonly abbreviated as ''Lianhe Zaobao'' (; literally "Joint Morning Paper"), is the largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper with a daily circu ...

'' (Joint Morning News) in March 1983 as part of the ''

'' and '' Sin Chew Jit Poh'' merger. It had 40,000 subscribers at launch, which grew to 100,000 in November that year. Since 1 January 2005, ''Lianhe Wanbao'' had undergone a restructuring and reformatting. The paper adopted more serious reporting than ''Shin Min Daily'' and tried to attract younger readers through the use of colorful, uncluttered formatting. From 1 Oct 2007, Lianhe Wanbao unveiled a new layout and a new focus in content, aimed at attracting young readers, including young professionals and executives. At the same time, Peter Ong took over as its chief editor. On the occasion of the paper's 30th anniversary in 2013, mobile apps were launched and a digital subscription model was announced. In November 2013, news sites,

AsiaOne AsiaOne is Singapore's first pure play digital content platform, serving readers primarily in Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. AsiaOne was first launched in 1995 by Singapore Press Holdings and is currently a joint venture between mm2 Asia ...

and ''Lianhe Wanbao,'' suggested that

Nicole Seah Nicole Rebecca Seah Xue Ling (; born 17 October 1986) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the opposition Workers' Party (WP), she contested in the 2020 general election but lost by a close margin to the governing People's Action Party (PAP ...

was dating a married man. The man in the photograph of her is Steven Goh, CEO of social site mig33, who is divorced. Seah demanded an apology from

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, the parent company of both AsiaOne and ''Lianhe Wanbao.'' Both issued an apology to politician Seah. In 2021, it was announced that ''Lianhe Wanbao'' would be merged with ''

'', with the latter taking control of the former's assets. The last edition of ''Lianhe Wanbao'' was published on 24 December; after the Christmas printing holiday, the merger would be completed on 26 December.

Khaw Boon Wan Khaw Boon Wan (; born 8 December 1952) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Transport between 2015 and 2020, Minister for National Development between 2011 and 2015, and Minister for Health between 2003 and 2011. A mem ...

, chairman of

, stated that the change would help deal with funding issues by publishing only one evening paper and give time to seniors to adjust to digital news media.

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External links

Omy Wanbao blog

History

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