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| Type | Daily[1] |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings |
| Founded | 26 January 1988 |
| Political alignment | Pro-Beijing[2] |
| Language | Traditional Chinese |
| Headquarters | 6/F, Kodak House II, 321Java Road,North Point Hong Kong |
| Website | www.hket.com |
| Hong Kong Economic Times | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 香港經濟日報 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 香港经济日报 | ||||||||||||
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TheHong Kong Economic Times (abbreviated as theHKET) is a financial dailynewspaper in Hong Kong. It was founded by Lawrence S P Fung (Chinese:馮紹波; chairman), Perry Mak (managing director), Arthur Shek Kang-chuen (石鏡泉; executive director) and others. It started with aHK$20 million investment in 1988.
The newspaper is published byHong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited. It has been listed on the main board of theStock Exchange of Hong Kong since 3 August 2005.
On 20 July 2019, at the pro-Beijing "Safeguard HK" event,HKET founder Arthur Chuen publicly called pro-Beijing supporters to purchasecanes andPVC pipes to punish those who opposed the2019 Hong Kong extradition bill.[3] The very next day, a mob with suspected ties totriads used canes and metal pipes launchedan indiscriminate attack which injured 45 people atYuen Long station. The public suspected that Chuen's comments might have incited the pro-Beijing camp to launch this riot.[4] On 22 July 2019, over 100HKET reporters published a joint statement expressing shock and deep regret towards Chuen's comments and requested him to withdraw his statement.[5]HKET announced that Chuen's comments were his personal opinion and did not represent the newspaper's position. In the evening of the same day, Chuen apologized and withdrew his comment.[6] The next day, Chuen announced to theHKET board of directors that he resigned as executive director and deputy president of the newspaper effective immediately, but that he would continue to serve as a financial columnist.[7]
HKET subsidiariesSky Post andTOPick reporters were alleged to have plagiarized stories reported by other online media without permission. This included copying text word-for-word intoHKET website and reproducing YouTube video contents in the form of text and screenshots in detail without attributing original sources.[8][9]
