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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Publisher | Borneo Post Sdn Bhd |
| Founded | 24 April 1978; 46 years ago (1978-04-24)[1] |
| Political alignment | Gabungan Parti Sarawak and alsoGabungan Rakyat Sabah(unofficial) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | KTS Crown Towers, Lot No. 88, Jalan Pending, 93450Kuching,Sarawak |
| City | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Circulation | 65,990 (daily) 22,971 (Sabah version) 70,073 (The Sunday Post) (as of January–June 2015)[2] |
| Sister newspapers | Utusan Borneo See Hua Daily News |
| OCLC number | 488800331 |
| Website | theborneopost |
The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widely circulatedEnglish-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia and also the alternately circulated newspaper inBrunei (as a strong competitor to the main existing newspapers ofPelita Brunei,Borneo Bulletin and alsoMedia Permata, to a lesser extent, the now-defunctBrunei Times).[3] The newspaper is the first English newspaper in East Malaysia to use photo-composition for type-setting and printing was done in offset as against the old-fashioned letterpress.[1]
The first issue ofThe Borneo Post was circulated on 24 April 1978 and the newspaper is the brainchild of the late Datuk Lau Hui Siong, while its name was given by the lateDatuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew, the formerSibuMP and federal deputy transport minister as well as former federal deputy housing minister cum one-time chairperson of the Sibu Municipal Council. AlthoughThe Borneo Post is today headquartered in Crown Towers, Kuching, the paper first began in the timber industry town ofSibu. The newspaper's expansion began firstly in the state capital city of Kuching on 29 October 1979 and later in 1986 to the oil-producing hub of Miri and the neighbouring state of Sabah as well as the Federal Territory of Labuan andBrunei Darussalam, madeThe Borneo Post, the most widely distributed English newspaper in Borneo (East Malaysia and Brunei).[1] In 2007, the news portal website was launched to capture a larger pool of younger readers. The newspaper has around five to seven printing plants located throughout Sarawak, Labuan as well as Sabah.[3] As of April 2023, the newspaper is printed daily in Kuching, Sibu andMiri in Sarawak, whilst in Sabah and the island federal territory of Labuan, it is printed inKota Kinabalu as well as inSandakan,Tawau,Labuan and alsoLahad Datu and the newspaper is also widely circulated in the independent state ofBrunei Darussalam.[1][4]
Audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, the newspaper is the highest circulated English newspaper in Sarawak, with a circulation of 65,990 (daily) and 70,073 (the Sunday Post).[2] For the same period, theSabah edition of the newspaper reached a circulation of 22,971 copies.[5]
In 1986,The Borneo Post incorporated a Bahasa Malaysia section which this was later expanded into a full-fledged newspaper –Utusan Borneo (it is a separate newspaper in Sarawak but a short-lived publication cum pull-out page for the Sabah edition).[1]The Borneo Post has two sister publications;Utusan Borneo andSee Hua Daily News.[3]
Utusan Borneo is aMalay-Iban (for the Sabah edition, it is bilingual inMalay andKadazan-Dusun language) newspaper published by Harian Borneo Post Sdn Bhd.[6] Based on audited circulation figures by Audit Bureau of Circulations Malaysia for January–June 2015, daily circulation for theUtusan Borneo (Sarawak) of 36,251 copies in Sarawak.[2] It is the highest circulatedMalay newspaper inSarawak and one of the top circulating local newspapers inSabah (but now it is a pull-out section of the Sabah edition of The Borneo Post paper since 2020).
In June 2018,Reuters Institute's Digital News Report 2018 rankedThe Borneo Post third in terms of brand trust of users of the brand behind first placedAstro Awani and international news websiteYahoo! News.[7] A 2020Reuters Institute poll found that 47% of Malaysian respondents trusted reporting fromThe Borneo Post - the seventh highest out of the 14 media outlets surveyed.[8]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Special Award for Loyal Bernama Customers (Media) | "The Borneo Post" | Won[9] | |
| 2019 | Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Media Awards | Print Media and News Portal | A four-part-feature on the Papar Dam[a] by Neil Brian Joseph | Second Place[10] |
| "Mediation usually suggested in construction disputes" by Mariah Airiens Doksil | Third Place[10] | |||
| 2024 | Kinabalu Press Awards | Entertainment, Culture and Arts Reporting Award (English) | Sabahan tells stories through art by Mariah Airiens Doksil | Won[11] |
| Sports Journalism Award (English) | A glimpse of Japanese martial arts and culture by Elton Aaron Gomes | Won[11] |
