The Hongkong Telegraph was founded in 1881 by Robert Fraser-Smith, a former bookkeeper with the Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company, and quickly established itself as one of the colony’s leading English-language newspapers. Known for its editorial independence and willingness to challenge authority, the paper changed hands several times in the years around 1900: it was run successively by Chesney Duncan and then J.J. Francis before being converted into a limited liability company in February 1900 — the same year this booklet was printed at its offices — with principal shareholders drawn from Hong Kong’s Chinese business community, including the prominent merchant Sir Robert Ho Tung.
In 1916 the Telegraph came under the control of the South China Morning Post, Ltd., which also published the South China Morning Post. The Telegraph’s printing office took on commercial work alongside its newspaper operations, making it a natural choice for the H.C.M.S.C.’s promotional publications.
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