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the current owner of Sing Tao Limited and the newspaper "Sing Tao Daily"

Sing Tao Holdings Limited was a Bermuda incorporated company, but headquartered in Hong Kong. The company was listed in The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The company was a media and property conglomerate until it was dismantled in 2002. After selling the main media business and subsequent takeover in mid 2002, the legal person of the listed company, along with its property business, was renamed into Shanghai Ming Yuan Holdings. Sing Tao Holdings and its predecessor Sing Tao Limited were majority owned by founder Aw Boon Haw, his daughter Sally Aw and other family members for almost 50 years. Facing financial troubles, Sally Aw sold the controlling stake to a private equity fund of Lazard in 1999. It was then acquired by Charles Ho's listed company Global China Technology Group in January 2001. However, in mid 2002 it was re sold to a Chinese private company Ming Yuan Investment Group, but excluding Sing Tao's main business: newspaper (as Sing Tao Media Holdings) as well as a hotel in Canada. In February 2020, the wholly owned subsidiary in Australia was liquidated with over 20 long serving staff made unemployed without notice and their entitlements not paid by the company. Newsagents were pursued for unsold newspapers and not credited for returns. Around 1991, the group also owned a travel agency, a medical centre, a recording studio and a pharmaceutical company. At first, the main business of the company was the publisher of Sing Tao Daily and Sing Tao Wan Pao
According to the Annual Return filed to the Hong Kong Company Registries in 1952, Aw Boon Haw owned 630 out of 1500 shares of the company; other shareholders were his sons (Aw Kow (胡蛟) 60; Aw Swan (胡山), 60; Aw It Haw (胡一虎) 100; Aw Sze Haw (胡四虎) 100), daughters (Sally Aw and Aw Sing (胡星) 60 each), nephews (Aw Cheng Chye (胡清才), and Aw Cheng Taik (胡清德), 60 each) and grandson, daughters and third generation relatives (total 310 shares held by 9 persons), for a total of 18 persons. 胡好, son of Aw Boon Haw, who helped the family to found Sing Tao Daily, died in January 1951 due to a plane crash. After the death of Aw Boon Haw in 1954, as of 1959, Aw Cheng Chye, eldest son of Aw Boon Haw's brother Aw Boon Par (b.1888, d.1944), was the general manager of Singapore based Eng Aun Tong, the maker of Tiger Balm, while Sally Aw, became the head of Sin Poh Amalgamated (H. K.) Limited, which she was the largest shareholder among the family member. as of 1971, Sally Aw's brother, Aw Kow, was also a director of Sin Chew Jit Poh of Singapore and Malaysia; her brother, Aw Swan, was the general manager of Sin Chew Jit Poh from June 1971 while her cousin Aw Cheng Taik was the managing director of Singapore Tiger Standard until it was defunct in the 1950s. Widow of Aw Hoe, Chan Sow Yong, also served as an executive of Sing Tao.

The shares of Sing Tao Newspapers Limited was once traded in Far East Exchange and Kam Ngan Stock Exchange from 1972, the predecessors of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong The initial public offering price was HK$6. Sing Tao's listing was only few years behind the listing of Haw Par Brothers International, a Singapore company held by Singapore based branch of Aw family. Moreover, the publisher of Hong Kong Tiger Standard was changed from "The Tiger Standard Limited" to "Hong Kong Standard Newspapers Limited" circa early 1970s (the latter was incorporated on 28 August 1970). The former was owned by Aw family directly but the latter was a subsidiary of Sing Tao Newspapers Limited in the late 1970s for 55% shares. It was owned by Aw Toke Tone , the eldest son of the late Aw Hoe for about 90% in 1970. In October 1972, it was announced that a subsidiary (provisional Chinese name ) was formed to invest in real estate. The group purchased a land lease on 838 Lai Chi Kok Road, Kowloon (New Kowloon Inland Lot No.5567) to build a printing factory and commercial floor area for lease in 1974. In 1977, it was announced that the group had formed its own recording studio#tag:ref|Sing Tao Pansonic Limited , from 1987 known as Silver Planet Records and lastly "Sing Tao Planet" in 1998; dissolved in 2005; unknown date of disposal by Sing Tao, but still listed as a Sing Tao subsidiary in 1991. According to 1977–78 result announcement, Sing Tao Group had also expanded into travel agency, and pharmaceutical industry. By 1979, Sing Tao operated their printing and publishing business as lt=Leefung Asco Printers), as well as Leefung Asco's joint venture South China Printing Co., Ltd.

In 1985, the company was privatised by Sally Aw via an Australian listed company Cereus Australia for a reported price HK$13 per share (HK$11.5 cash and 1 share of Cinclus.#tag:ref|Cinclus was a subsidiary of Sing Tao but was agreed to sell to another listed company Ariadne Australia in 1985 by Sally Aw and her family member, the largest shareholder of Cinclus (78%) after the privatisation of Sing Tao Newspapers Limited, for HK$2.06 per share; The deal also made Cinclus had a wide shareholders base to apply for listing as a replacement of Sing Tao. The price was HK$630 million (HK$705 per gross floor area). which the location was now known as Lippo Sun Plaza, The Sun Arcade and a hotel, The Langham (Hong Kong). However, less than a year of privatisation, Sing Tao Newspapers Limited was renamed to Sing Tao Limited ; the company started another IPO in 1986 and traded on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 19 March of the same year. In 1987, Sally Aw owned 101,385,026 number of shares directly while her nephew Aw Toke Tone owned 216,000 directly; The ex parent company was engaged in property investment in Sydney. According to a book published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, citing a document that Sing Tao Holdings was a diversified conglomerate already in 1989, which only 7.7% revenue was from the newspaper despite 50% investments were newspaper related. The company also operates several printing businesses, most notably the South China Printing Company (1988) Limited.#tag:ref|One source listed the company was acquired in 1997 but another source stated South China Printing Company (1988) Limited's parent company was Sing Tao Limited in 1991. was later owned by Sing Tao Limited and Wong Yue Kai (an accountant of Sing Tao Holdings). The paid in share capital of the club was remained unchanged for many year for just HK$200. to 金網資本. A subsidiary, Sing Tao Newspapers (Canada 1988) Limited, was also turned to a 50–50 joint venture between Sing Tao Holdings and Toronto Star Newspapers Limited in the same year.

In 1998, members of the management team were found guilty of falsifying circulation numbers for The Standard newspaper, to attract advertisers and to raise the revenue of the newspapers. According to a report by the Center for International Media Assistance, the circulation of Sing Tao Daily and most major Beijing friendly Chinese newspapers with overseas editions were remain unaudited, and therefore vulnerable to exaggeration:
Jack Jia, founder of the Toronto based semiweekly Chinese News, known for its strong reporting on topics affecting the local Chinese community, contends that the circulation numbers of more Beijing friendly Chinese language papers are inflated, giving them an unfair advantage when obtaining revenue through advertising. Unclear figures in media directories, a lack of transparency and of independent circulation audits by publications such as Sing Tao, Ming Pao, and World Journal, and distribution route data relayed by an industry insider who wished to remain anonymous lend credence to such suspicions. The Standard were audited by Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulations Limited as of 2012. The case, later known as Hongkong Standard case or Sally Aw case was criticised by the public by not suing Sally Aw, the chairwoman of Sing Tao Holdings. Chief executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee hwa, in the "Report on the key issues during the second year of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" made a defence for decision of the Secretary for Justice Elsie Leung. However, Tung Chee chen, brother of Tung Chee hwa, was an independent non executive director of Sing Tao Holdings since December 1996, It was reported that Tung Chee hwa was a family friend of Sally Aw.

As of 1998, the company was still owned by Sally Aw, the daughter of the founder of Sing Tao Daily for 50.04%. It was reported that Aw agreed to sell 23% shares of the company, to Dublin listed private equity fund China Enterprise Development Fund for a reported HK$115.8 million (HK$1.20 per share) in December 1998. However, Lazard Asia won the final bid to become the controlling shareholder for a reported HK$269 million). According to Charles Ho who bought Sing Tao Holdings in 2001 from Lazard, 查懋聲 also made an attempt to buy Sing Tao, but collapsed. However, Cha denied any formal agreement was signed. Ho's grandfather Ho Ying chie, also filed a bankruptcy petition against Aw in January 1999. During Lazard as the major shareholder, Hong Kong banker Cheung Din Youn (, brother of Barry Cheung) was the chairman and Charles Ho was the honorary chairman and an independent non executive director. In mid 1999, Sing Tao SC stopped its operation as a football club. The legal entity of the company was used for other business in 2010 as Sing Tao Media Services, by its new owner Sing Tao News Corporation after many years of dormant. In 2000, Sing Tao Holdings re launched The Standard in tabloid format. In January 2001, Global China Technology Group, majority owned by Charles Ho, acquired approximately 51.36% shares of Sing Tao Holdings from Astral Light Investments Limited, a subsidiary of Lazard Asia Fund A, L. P., for HK355.6 million (HK$1.65 per share). In January 2002 South China Printing, Noble World Printing, Roman Financial Press, Valiant Packaging Holdings and their subsidiaries were sold from Sing Tao Holdings to Asia Printers Group for HK$428 million; Asia Printers Group was owned by CVC Capital Partners and Citigroup. In August 2002 the shares of Sing Tao Holdings that held by Global China Technology Group (74.5%), was sold to a private company Ming Yuan Investment Group for HK163.8 million (HK$0.524 per share). Ming Yuan Investment Group was owned by Yao Yuan The deal making the shareholder of Sing Tao Holdings at that time, would owned the shares of both Shanghai Ming Yuan Holdings (ex Sing Tao Holdings) and Global China Technology Group if they did not sell the shares before the transactions. The residual assets at the 2002 takeover was mainly property investment However, it excluded Colony Hotel in Toronto.