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16/F, Somerset House, Taikoo Place, 979 King's Rd., Quarry Bay Hong Kong Tel. +852-2565-2222 Fax +852-2565-2429 |
Type: Public
On the web:
http://scmpgroup.com
Employees:
943
This company feeds the need for news in Hong Kong. SCMP Group publishes the South China Morning Post, the leading English-language newspaper in Hong Kong with a daily circulation of more than 100,000. It also publishes the weekend edition Sunday Morning Post, boasting a circulation of about 80,000. In addition to its own papers, SCMP owns a 20% stake in Post Publishing Public Company, which produces the English-language daily Bangkok Post. SCMP is also active in magazine publishing with Chinese-language versions of Cosmopolitan and Harper's Bazaar, as well as book publishing. The Kerry Group holding company, owned by Robert Kuok, SCMP ex-chairman and one of Asia's richest businessmen, controls the company.
Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $133.9M
One year growth: (16.5%)
Net income: $17.3M
Income growth: (76.0%)
Officers:
Chairman: David J. Pang
Managing Director and Chief Executive: Kuok Hui Kwong
CFO: Ponch C.W. Poon
Competitors:
International Herald Tribune
Next Media
Oriental Press Group
