Industrial and Commercial Daily Press explained

The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Limited was the editor and publisher of the three newspapers in British Hong Kong, The Kung Sheung Daily News, The Kung Sheung Evening News and The Tien Kwong Morning News . The company also wrote and published some special report, fiction and non-fiction.

The limited company was incorporated in 1928 and was winding up in 1996.^[1] The predecessor of the company was founded circa the same year with the daily newspaper in 1925.

The company was located in Gage Street, and then on 43 Des Voeux Road Central, and then on 18 Fenwick Street, Wan Chai,^[2] all on Hong Kong Island.

History

See also: The Kung Sheung Daily News.

Shareholders

According to the filings in the Hong Kong Companies Registry, the first available Annual Return (after World War II) in 1946, shown Sir Robert Hotung and his son owned 500 out of 1,850 shares, Kwan Cho-yiu 140 shares, journalist Wu Dit Ng 50 shares, as well as other shareholders; the nominal largest shareholder was a corporate body "Sang Kee" for 1,000 shares.^[3] "Sang Kee", according to a biography of Ho Shai Lai, was one of the business of Ho Shai Lai.^[2]

The last Annual Return of the company in 1994, shown Ho Shai Lai and his wife, late Hesta Hung (d.1991) owned most of the shares, with his nephew Eric Hotung and a Liberia-incorporated as minority shareholders.^[4]

Books

• Book: Xiang gang Hua zi gong chang diao cha lu. zh:香港華資工廠調查錄. The investigation report of Hong Kong [ethnic] Chinese-owned factories. 5 October 1934. Editorial Board of The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Hong Kong. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. zh-hant. 815381589. Book 1 of Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Book Series. First published on The Kung Sheung Daily News in 1934.
• Book: Hou, Yao. Tai ping yang shang de feng yun. zh:太平洋上的風雲. Storm Over the Pacific. Hou Yao. Editorial Board of The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. August 1935. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Book 2 of Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Book Series. Hong Kong. zh-hant. 28863529. First published on The Kung Sheung Evening News circa 1935.
• Book: Huang ho lou kan chiu chi. zh:黃鶴樓感舊記. Yellow Crane Tower Old Memories. Book 3 of Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Book Series. March 1936. First published on The Kung Sheung Daily News circa 1932. Chinese: 豹翁 [Pao Weng]. Editorial Board of The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Hong Kong. zh-hant. 28825885.
• Book: Wu hu lian ai. zh:嗚呼戀愛. Alas, in love. 1936. Chinese: 豹翁 [Pao Weng]. Book 4 of Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Book Series. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Hong Kong. zh-hant. 51266858.
• Book: Wu nian qian zhi kong xiang nu shi an. zh:五年前之空箱女屍案. The case of female corpse in an empty box 5 years ago. Chinese: 豹翁 [Pao Weng]. Book 5 of Industrial and Commercial Daily Press Book Series. Editorial Board of The Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Hong Kong. zh-hant. 18646172. July 1936. First published on The Kung Sheung Daily News circa 1932.
• Book: Shan chang shui yuan. zh:山長水遠. Long road to mountain and far away from water. 1941. Chinese: 平可. First published on The Kung Sheung Daily News 1939–40. Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. Hong Kong. 51240788. zh-hk.

Notes and References

1. Data in Hong Kong Companies Registry
2. Book: Xiang Gang jiang jun: He Shi Li. zh:香港將軍何世禮. Hong Kong general Ho Shai Lai. 鄭. 宏泰. 黃. 紹倫. Chinese. Joint Publishing. Hong Kong. December 2008. 1. 978-962-04-2815-9. 14 October 2017.
3. Book: 1946 Annual Return of the Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. 4 June 1947. Written on 31 December 1946. Hong Kong Companies Registry.
4. Book: 1994 Annual Return of the Industrial and Commercial Daily Press. 21 November 1994. Written on 10 November 1994. Hong Kong Companies Registry.