''Metro Daily'' () was the Hong Kong edition of
Metro, which publishes free newspapers around the world with 25 editions in 16 countries in 14 languages. It was the first free newspaper in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong version was first launched on 15 April 2002; it is distributed for free in the racks located in 49
Mass Transit Railway
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MTR
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) stations except the Airport Station.
According to the
Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations
The Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations ( Chinese: 香港出版銷數公證會), or HKABC in short, was established in April 1995.
It is a non-profit organization which aims at promoting the cause of circulation auditing in Hong Kong. It seeks ...
in September 2002, the daily circulation of the newspaper was 302,197 copies, making it the third largest daily newspaper in Hong Kong. The paper is distributed from Monday to Friday (except for public holidays), by hand or from the newspaper stands in 49 MTR stations and 11 other key central locations, such as big shopping malls owned by
MTR Corporation Limited
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hon ...
like
Paradise Mall,
Telford Plaza
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, and
Luk Yeung Galleria
Luk Yeung Galleria (), formally known as Luk Yeung Sun Chuen Mall, is one of the largest shopping centres in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, located in Luk Yeung Sun Chuen, above MTR Tsuen Wan station. It has a total area of .
It was dev ...
.
Though around one tenth size of other newspapers printing local first-hand news reported by fresh journalists, its main news sources are actually the television, radio news, press releases and wired news.
The paper is in Chinese in most parts, together with an English international section. Although the paper is a
tabloid
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* Tabloid journalism, a type of journalism
* Tabloid (newspaper format), a newspaper with compact page size
** Chinese tabloid
* Tabloid (paper size), a North American paper size
* Sopwith Tabloid
The Sopwith Tabloid an ...
, i.e. a minute-sized newspaper giving the stories in a condensed form, it includes many sections, which make the paper very rich in contents.
These sections include:
*local news (including one page written in
Simplified Chinese
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Mathematics
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* Simplification of algebraic expressions ...
);
*Chinese news;
*international news;
*finance;
*sports;
*entertainment;
*side stories;
*English news digest;
*editorial column;
*television program schedule; and
*film section.
Readers can read the on-line edition of ''Metro'' all over the world by simply registering as users at its official site, and it is totally free. Besides, there is also a club called "''Club Metro''" offering discounts in films,
sports
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and travel to its members.
See also
* ''
Headline Daily
''Headline Daily'' () was launched on 12 July 2005, by Sing Tao Newspaper Group Limited and became the second free Chinese-language newspaper published officially in Hong Kong ('' Metro Daily'' being the first). The paper is only distributed o ...
''
* ''
am730
''Am730'', is free daily Cantonese newspaper published in Hong Kong, the third with the prior two being ''Headline Daily'' and ''Metropolis Daily''. Shih Wing-ching, chairman of '' Centaline Holdings'', a property agency, is the founder of ...
''
*
Metro International
Metro International is a Swedish global media company based in Luxembourg that publishes the ''Metro'' newspapers. Metro International's advertising sales have grown at a compound annual growth rate of 41 percent since launch of the first news ...
*
Media in Hong Kong
Hong Kong's media consists of several different types of communications of mass media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, websites and other online platforms.
Overview
Hong Kong is home to many of Asia's biggest media entities ...
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Newspapers of Hong Kong
This is a list of newspapers in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is home to many of Asia's biggest English and Chinese language newspapers. The territory has one of the world's largest press industries and is a major centre for print journalism.
Overview ...
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Free daily newspaper
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References
External links
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Chinese-language newspapers published in Hong Kong
Free daily newspapers
Publications established in 2002
2002 establishments in Hong Kong
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