The idea of publishing the Kwang Hwa Pao or 'Glorious Chinese Newspaper' was originally conceived when Dr Sun, Hu Hanmin, Huang Xing and Wang Jingwei visited Penang in 1907. The plan was aborted when financial backing wavered due to the collapse of tin prices. The Yangon branch of the Tongmenghui took up the idea and started the Yan Kon Kwang Hwa Pao. After a short run, the Rangoon paper was banned by the British colonial government due to its radical stance. Subsequently, the Rangoon Tongmenghui leader Zhuang Yin'an came to Penang and a committee was formed to revive the Kwang Hwa Pao as a daily paper.
Renamed Kwong Wah Yit Poh, the newspaper was first printed at and published from at 120 Armenian Street, the current address of the Penang Philomatic Union. The first premises of the Kwong Wah Yit Poh is now the Sun Yat Sen Museum Penang.[1] The house where the Kwong Wah Yit Poh was founded has been preserved as the Sun Yat-sen Museum Penang.
Kwong Wah Yit Poh is the oldest Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia, outside of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, as well as one of the world's oldest surviving Chinese newspaper (Ta Kung Pao is the oldest active Chinese-language newspaper in the world). However, it is not the first Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia.[2]
The newspaper had ceased publication in 1927 for almost a decade, and then again in 1941 due to World War II, and its publication did not resume until 1946.
In 1936, Kwong Wah Yit Poh acquired Penang Sin Poe (established 1895), Penang's first Chinese newspaper which also had originally traced back the history of Kwong Wah Yit Poh. Despite the change in ownership, Penang Sin Poe continued to be published until 30 September 1941.
Kwong Wah Yit Poh went into a decline in the 1960s after the death of two directors. In the 1971, The Star began publication and had once worked together with Kwong Wah Yit Poh. However, the newspaper continued to make losses, and The Star became independent from Kwong Wah Yit Poh. The Star became a national daily newspaper in 1976, but the headquarters relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 1978 and then Petaling Jaya in 1981.
Despite being Malaysia's longest running Chinese-language newspaper, the daily is not recognised as a national newspaper, but it has the largest readership in the northern region.
kwong, kwong, daily, simplified, chinese, 光华日报, traditional, chinese, 光華日報, pinyin, guānghuá, rìbào, wade, giles, kuang1, hua2, jih4, pao4, malaysian, chinese, daily, that, founded, december, 1910, typedaily, newspaperformatbroadsheetowner, press, berhadfounde. Kwong Wah Yit Poh or Kwong Wah Daily simplified Chinese 光华日报 traditional Chinese 光華日報 pinyin Guanghua Ribao Wade Giles Kuang1 hua2 Jih4 pao4 is a Malaysian Chinese daily that was founded on 20 December 1910 by Dr Sun Yat sen Kwong Wah Yit PohTypeDaily newspaperFormatBroadsheetOwner s Kwong Wah Yit Poh Press BerhadFounder s Dr Sun Yat senFoundedDecember 20 1910 112 years ago 1910 12 20 LanguageChineseHeadquarters19 Presgrave Street 10300 Penang MalaysiaCirculation100 000Websitewww wbr kwongwah wbr com wbr myKwong Wah Yit PohTraditional Chinese光華日報Simplified Chinese光华日报TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinGuanghua RibaoWade GilesKuang1 hua2 Jih4 pao4The idea of publishing the Kwang Hwa Pao or Glorious Chinese Newspaper was originally conceived when Dr Sun Hu Hanmin Huang Xing and Wang Jingwei visited Penang in 1907 The plan was aborted when financial backing wavered due to the collapse of tin prices The Yangon branch of the Tongmenghui took up the idea and started the Yan Kon Kwang Hwa Pao After a short run the Rangoon paper was banned by the British colonial government due to its radical stance Subsequently the Rangoon Tongmenghui leader Zhuang Yin an came to Penang and a committee was formed to revive the Kwang Hwa Pao as a daily paper Renamed Kwong Wah Yit Poh the newspaper was first printed at and published from at 120 Armenian Street the current address of the Penang Philomatic Union The first premises of the Kwong Wah Yit Poh is now the Sun Yat Sen Museum Penang 1 The house where the Kwong Wah Yit Poh was founded has been preserved as the Sun Yat sen Museum Penang Kwong Wah Yit Poh is the oldest Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia outside of Mainland China Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as one of the world s oldest surviving Chinese newspaper Ta Kung Pao is the oldest active Chinese language newspaper in the world However it is not the first Chinese language newspaper in Malaysia 2 The newspaper had ceased publication in 1927 for almost a decade and then again in 1941 due to World War II and its publication did not resume until 1946 In 1936 Kwong Wah Yit Poh acquired Penang Sin Poe established 1895 Penang s first Chinese newspaper which also had originally traced back the history of Kwong Wah Yit Poh Despite the change in ownership Penang Sin Poe continued to be published until 30 September 1941 Kwong Wah Yit Poh went into a decline in the 1960s after the death of two directors In the 1971 The Star began publication and had once worked together with Kwong Wah Yit Poh However the newspaper continued to make losses and The Star became independent from Kwong Wah Yit Poh The Star became a national daily newspaper in 1976 but the headquarters relocated to Kuala Lumpur in 1978 and then Petaling Jaya in 1981 Despite being Malaysia s longest running Chinese language newspaper the daily is not recognised as a national newspaper but it has the largest readership in the northern region See also EditOther Chinese language newspapers in Malaysia Sin Chew Daily Nanyang Siang Pau China Press Guang Ming Daily Oriental Daily News Related newspaper The Star a newspaper which had once worked together with Kwong Wah Yit Poh before split List of newspapers in MalaysiaReferences Edit Khoo Salma Nasution 2008 Sun Yat Sen in Penang Penang Areca Books pp 58 61 ISBN 978 983 42834 8 3 Penang based Chinese newspapers 17 March 2010 Retrieved 11 January 2014 External links EditOfficial Website nbsp nbsp This article related to newspapers in Malaysia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kwong Wah Yit Poh amp oldid 1175299096, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
