Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated

Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated
FormerlySin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated (Private) Limited
Company typePrivate company
IndustryNewspaper publishing
Founded1941
FounderAw Boon Haw
Defunct1980s
Fate
  • Dissolved – members' voluntary winding up
  • main business sold in 1975 to 1982
Successor
Headquarters
Singapore
Area served
  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
Products
OwnerAw family
SubsidiariesSin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated (Malaysia)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese星系報業有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīngxì bàoyè yǒuxiàn gōngsī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsing1 hai6 bou3 jip6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1

Sin Poh (Star News) Amalgamated Limited was a Singapore-based publishing company that published Sin Chew Jit Poh (Chinese: 星洲日報) in both Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Sin Pin Jit Poh (Chinese: 星檳日報) in Penang, Malaysia.

The Malaysian editions were sold to a Malaysian businessman in 1982. In 1975, due to new legislation in Singapore, the assets and publishing rights of the Singapore edition of Sin Chew Jit Poh were sold to Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited. However, the Aw family, descendants of the founder, retained some management shares.

In 1977, Sin Chew Jit Poh (Singapore) Limited launched an initial public offering to sell ordinary shares of the company. It later merged to form Singapore News and Publications Limited in 1982, a predecessor of Singapore Press Holdings.