The Standard (Hong Kong)

The Standard
TypeDaily free newspaper
Format
  • Broadsheet (former)
  • Tabloid (since 2000)
Owner(s)The Standard Newspapers Publishing (part of Sing Tao News Corporation,
majority stake in turn held by
Guo Xiaoting, vice-chairwoman of
Kaisa Group)
Founder(s)Aw Boon Haw
PublisherThe Standard Newspapers Publishing
Founded
  • 1949
  • 1986 (evening edition)
Political alignmentPro-Beijing
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication1987 (evening edition only)
HeadquartersSing Tao News Comm Building,7 Chun Cheong Street, Tseung Kwan O Inte Estate, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong
CountryHong Kong
Circulation200,450 (as of 2012)
Sister newspapers
  • Sing Tao Daily (in Chinese)
  • Headline Daily (in Chinese, free)
  • Sing Tao Wan Pao (in Chinese, defunct)
  • Singapore Standard (in English, defunct)
  • other newspaper founded by Aw
  • other newspaper owned by Sally Aw
Websitethestandard.com.hk
The Standard
Traditional Chinese英文虎報
Simplified Chinese英文虎报
Literal meaningEnglish Language Tiger Newspaper
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYīngwén Hǔbào
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationYīng màhn fú bou
JyutpingJing1 man4 fu2 bou3
Sidney LauYing1Man4Foo2Bo3

The Standard is an English-language free newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of 200,450 in 2012. It was formerly called the Hongkong Standard and changed to HKiMail during the Internet boom but partially reverted to The Standard in 2001.

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) is its main local competitor.