Sing Tao Daily: a Newspaper Well-liked by Middle-class Family

Sing Tao Daily's steadfast commitment to delivering high quality content to its readers has earned itself substantial honours and tremendous accolade for years. Its readership has been escalating for 5 consecutive years and has surpassed 320,000. Striving for the best, Sing Tao Daily constantly enriches its editorial content and launches promotional activities. Having gained overwhelming popularity, Luxury Property Guide featuring the latest luxury property projects hit the street again, and drew forth a mass redemption. Sing Tao Finance carried out a revamp so as to convey more information on constituent stocks, investment strategies and data etc to its readers. Investment Weekly now encompasses more timely content, and its circulation has seen an upsurge and is among the top in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Sing Tao daily has included a "Cooking Guidebook" on Sunday in October and November. With vivid illustrations demonstrating how to prepare seasonal culinary delights step by step, the "Cooking Guidebook" was highly sought-after. In regard to education, a secondary one admission talk held in early December was enthusiastically welcomed by parents, while Sunday Goodies bundled with Sing Tao Daily on Sunday continues to be held in high esteem by parents as well.

"Sing Tao Inter-School Debating Competition" Receives Overwhelming Responses

Reaching its 23rd year, the "Sing Tao Inter-School Debating Competition " has received overwhelming responses with over 230 teams enrolled. A briefing seminar was held in November at which Mr. Anthony Kwok, Director of Centaline Training Institute, Mr. Robert Chau and Professor Alex Shiu were invited to give advice on speech and debate techniques. The winners of last year's competition were also present to share their valuable experiences with the audience. The event appealed to teachers and students from various schools and attracted a full house.

The first round of the competition commenced on November 24. More compelling news regarding the competition will be reported by Sing Tao Daily's Education section.

Headline Daily Steams Ahead

Express Post Q Walker:The Weekend Shopping Guide

Capturing approximately 90 percent of all weekend newspapers' readership, Express Post brings marvelous shopping tips to its readers every Saturday and has become the most commanding dining and shopping guide in town. "Q Walker merchants voting game" launched by Express Post Q Walker in November received glowing reviews from readers and the most popular merchant and favourite merchant voted by readers well-deserved their titles.

"Leader of The Year 2007" to be Revealed Soon

The much anticipated annual event "Leader of the Year" established by Sing Tao News Corporation has always been in the spotlight since its first appearance in 1994. It is now in full swing and welcoming sponsorship from corporations. A number of respected figures including Mr. Rafael Hui, Mr. Chan Wing Kee, Mr. Philip Chen, Dr. Raymond Ch'ien, Dr. Choi Yuen Wan, Mr. Andrew Leung, Dr. Norman Leung and Prof. Arthur Li are invited to form the judging panel this year. The Award presentation ceremony will be held on March 27, 2008. Sing Tao Daily, The Standard and Headline Daily will offer comprehensive coverage of this event and keep readers informed about the new generation of leaders. More details are available at www.loty.singtao.com .

The Standard Plays Host to a Number of Events

The Standard was the exclusive media sponsor for this year's "AWA Membership Coffee Break" and "AWA's Charity Bazaar Fall". Both events were well-attended by AWA members and charity exhibitors.

The Standard in collaboration with JobMarket joined a sponsorship event with Zurich Life Insurance Company Limited. "The Zurich Recruitment Orientation Seminar" attracted a host of applicants who were interested in insurance, financial planning and wealth management field. Meanwhile, Dillstone Systems UK organized "Executive Recruitment Conference" in which The Standard was invited as a media partner.

Moreover, The Standard acted as a pivotal player in the Banking and Financial corporation events. In the "2nd Leverage Finance Asia 2007", "Private Equity Development - Operational", "China Banking Industry" and "Global Property Market Update - focusing on HK and China", The Standard once again was one of the media partners together with HK IFA, The Wall Street Journal, Venture Capital Journals and IFR Asia.

Hurray to The Standard Sedan Team

This year is the first time for The Standard to join the "Matilda Chair Race". Mr. Ivan Tong, The Standard's Editor-in-Chief, appeared at the eagerly-awaited event and cheered for The Standard Sedan team. The Standard team finally took 16 minutes 29 seconds in the 2.1-kilometer run and ranked 15th among the 45 teams.

The Standard set up a game stall together with a book sale to raise fund for Hong Kong charities on that day as well. For further details, please visit: www.sedanchairace.org/race_result_2007.html

East Week Hosts "The Outstanding Corporate Strategy Awards 2007" & "The Gold Label Awards 2007"

"The Outstanding Corporate Strategy Awards 2007" presentation ceremony held by East Week was officiated by Mr. Frederick Ma, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, on October 30. 22 prominent enterprises demonstrating sound business strategies as well as serious commitment to social responsibility were recognized through the awards.

Meanwhile, another glittering occasion "The Gold Label Awards 2007" presentation ceremony was held on November 20. The Awards were conferred on 10 well-known and highly-acclaimed celebrities including Mr. Steven Lo Kit Shing, Mr. Yeung Koon Yat, Mr. Lin Xi, Mr. William Tang and Ms. Lynn Hung etc. The awardees shared their success stories with all the guests and the event ended on a high note.

East Week Rolls Out "Investment smart guide"

East Week has introduced a new investment supplement "Investment smart guide" starting from October 31. With the additional supplement covering financial news, investment tips, and in-depth market analysis, East Week now offers three books focusing on current affairs, entertainment and investment respectively.

East TOUCH's 12th Anniversary Party

Stepping into its 12th year, East TOUCH threw a party at TOTT's bar on November 26. The award presentation of "TOUCH Icon" and TOUCH Brands" also took place at the same occasion.

A number of young artistes, who are also well-known for being trend setters, including Twins, Siu Hak, Ken Hung, Theresa Fu, Sammy Leung, Miki Yeung, Yeung Hok Tak, Eric Kot, FAMA, Candy Lo, Kay Tse, Kenny Kwan together with local designers, Eric So, JC and Michael Lau were named "TOUCH Icon".

At the same time, 50 trendy brands were honoured with "TOUCH Brands". For more information, please visit www.easttouch.com.hk/touchbrands.

Major Shareholder:
Luckman Trading Limited
(owned by Mr. Ho Tsu Kwok, Charles)

East TOUCH and EMax Co-organizes "Sneakers Expos 2007" East TOUCH joined hands with EMax, a new shopping mall at Kowloon Bay, to hold the "Sneakers Expos 2007" between November 4 and 11. Sam Lee, Theresa Fu, Miki Yeung, Sherman Chung and Ken Hung and the renowned local designer Eric So attended the kick-off ceremony to grace the occasion. The exhibition displayed over 200 styles of sneakers of different prestigious brands such as adidas, Nike, Puma, New Balance, VANS, Reebok and Converse. These treasured sneakers valued at over HK$ 200,000 are either limited editions or have never been sold in the public. In addition, to raise fund for the charity and to coincide with the event, the organizing committee produced a limited number of T-shirt to be sold at the exhibition with all proceeds from sale going to WWF Hong Kong.

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PC Market Presents "Hong Kong School BLOG Award" & "Best of I.T. Award" The 2nd "Hong Kong School BLOG Award 2007" organized by PC Market aims at promoting I.T. education among secondary school students in Hong Kong. The competition challenges students to utilize multi-media technology to design their BLOGs with the theme on Green Living. The main supporting organization Hong Kong Disneyland not only gave fresh impetus to the event by offering gifts, but also co-organized a guided tour "Nature Walk at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort" to equip students with knowledge of nature and ecology as well as providing them a rich source of inspiration in writing their BLOGs. The prize presentation ceremony was held on November 17 and winners were presented with awards by the panel of judges and School BLOG Ambassadors Theresa Fu and Terence Siufay. Please visit www.pcmarket.com.hk/schoolblog for more details. To pay tribute to outstanding I.T. products and services in Hong Kong this year, PC Market presents the most authoritative "Best of I.T. Award 2007". Public voting will start from late December to late January 2008. The selected nominations have been prudently chosen by the panel of judges, and each award winner will later be voted by the committee and readers. More information apropos of the Awards will be available in early January and the result will be announced at the award presentation ceremony to be held in early March, 2008.

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JET Rewards Subscribers with "5th Anniversary Tote Bag" In conjunction with the celebration of its 5th anniversary, JET produced a limited quantity of "JET 5th anniversary Tote Bag", designed by 12 artistes including Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Jan Lamb, Wyman Wong, Johnny To, Karena Lam, Siu Hak, Yeung Hok Tak, b.wing, Li Chi Tat, Chiu Kwong Chiu and Winifred Lai, for its subscribers.

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Sing Tao News Corporation Unveils HeadlineJobs In response to growing recruitment market needs, Sing Tao News Corporation established the first interactive intelligent recruitment platform in Hong Kong - HeadlineJobs . Together with Headline Daily and hkheadline.com, the new website platform adopts the interactive intelligent recruitment system of RedMatch, an Israeli software developer, and is customized for young executives aged 20 to 35. As its slogan "Stop Searching Start Matching" suggested, it is an ideal one-stop job matching system which serves the jobseekers and recruiters alike. The sophisticated system enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of recruitment considerably and minimizes misallocation of resources during the recruitment process, which in turn leads to a cost saving of more than 30%. HeadlineJobs comprises latest news of the labour market, tips for job application, book reviews, and even a special section highlighting job opportunities in Macau. For details, please visit www.headlinejobs.hk.

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JobMarket organized a photography competition recently to encourage Hongkongers to enjoy their work and leisure time. The competition comprised two categories, namely "Work Hard" and "Play Hard". The event not only drew over 200 contestants, but also enticed active participation of the public through online voting.

The result was announced on December 17, after public voting and careful selection of the professional panel of judges, including Mr. Jimmy Yip, Local Sales & Marketing General Manager of Nikon Hong Kong Ltd., Mr. Peterpenn, HKIPP Professional Member of The Member of Royal Photography Society of Great Britain, Mr. Alex Ng, Chief Editor of Photo Magazine and Director of Hong Kong Society of Digital Photography, Mr. Raymond Wu, Deputy Chief Editor of Photo Magazine, Mr. Dennis Lai, Senior Executive Editor of DC Photo Magazine, Mr. Gordon Chan, Programme Manager and Instructor of Professional Diploma in Commercial Photography of The Li Ka Shing Institute of Professional and Continuing Education of the Open University, and Ms. Fanny Chan, Chief Executive Officer of JobMarket Publishing Limited.

The 15 winning entries now available in the form of e-cards allow members to share their joie de vivre with friends and relatives. For more information, please go to www.jobmarket.com.hk/ special/mgm2007/.

Sing Tao Overseas at a Glance

Sing Tao Daily's New York Office garnered a total of 7 awards, including 2 first places, from Independent Press Association. The high-flying result together with the previous successes have made it outshine in New York's Chinese media field for five consecutive years. This year, the Association received more than 200 submissions. Despite the intense competition, Sing Tao Daily, showing deep concern over community issues and providing insightful report, stood out from the crowd. The meritorious achievement once again strengthened its leading position in New York.

Also, Sing Tao Daily's San Francisco Office organized "Sing Tao Expo" on September 1-2 which thrilled some 70,000 visitors. Besides booths showcasing different varieties of products, there were also Chinese dance competition, Miss Sing Tao Expo contest and singing contest etc.